Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Cheryl Tallman. Spring is here! Here are a few favorite seasonal recipes for your little ones! Banana Bananas are fat-free, but contain 2-3 times more carbohydrates that other fruit. Although they may not be the best choice for folks on low carb diets, they are a great choice for active kids and adults. A [...]
By: Stephanie Maze. Millions of people make resolutions to improve their lives–both at the beginning of a new year and throughout the year. In addition to personal resolutions, parents often promise to make their children’s lives healthier and more productive as well. Since children love to play and are eager to learn, here are a [...]
By: Debbie Sweet. Winter can be a magical time for many people, especially children. The holidays, the presents, and the seemingly endless parade of dessert food would alone be enough to make a child love the winter. But snow also makes the cold weather fun. Not only does it mean that any morning he/she could [...]
By: Melissa Young. As a parent, you probably have no shortage of to-do’s on your list. Taking your children to the doctor when they aren’t even sick may seem like yet another a lower-priority task, but wellness exams are actually important steps in keeping children healthy and growing properly. Better yet, most insurance programs and [...]
By: Mark A. Breiner, DDS. From the moment your baby’s first teeth erupt, they need to be cared for. At every stage of a daughter’s growth, good oral hygiene can and should be encouraged. However, given that children’s physical systems are more vital and reactive than those of adults, parents need to be especially prudent [...]
By: Anna M. Aquino. This summer my family and I were traveling and visiting extended relatives. We were at a large gathering when my youngest daughter kept asking me to pass her the raw veggie tray. She’d grab a handful of carrots and broccoli, go play, and then come back for more. Truthfully I didn’t [...]
By: Kathleen Porter. Toddlers may have to rely on grown-ups to teach them how to tie a shoe and use the potty, but when it comes to knowing how to sit, stand, bend and walk with ease, we can take our cues from these agile little ones . Moreover, toddlers, in spite of their tender [...]
By: Nancy Tringali Piho. If you’re the parent of an infant or toddler, you may not have encountered Picky Eating… yet. But a conversation with parents of an older child, visit to your daycare center at lunchtime, or evening out with your pre-school-age nephew may give you a glimpse of what’s to come… and it’s [...]
By: Joanna Dolgoff, MD. Play dates are a great way for your daughter to interact with other children, learn to share, build social skills, and most of all, have fun! But what happens when your overweight daughter comes home to tell you about the fried Oreos or fast food snack she consumed at her friend’s [...]
By: Jensy Scarola. Often I get asked does my preschooler need to exercise? Well, the answer is ABSOLUTELY! We live in a time where kids are spending a lot of time in front of a screen: hand held devices, TVs, computers, movies in the car and so on. These devices can be used as a [...]
