“If you think about what the food industry puts out for children between the ages of 2 and 12 as things that are appropriate for them to eat, they’re really making it difficult for parents to promote consumption of fruits and vegetables and a healthy, non-processed kind of diet,” Birch says. Read the full article here.… Continue Reading Want Your Child To Eat (Almost) Everything? There Is A Way
From Sarasota Herald-Tribune: “One in four school-aged children have had some kind of trauma or at least one adverse child experience,” Graham said. Read the full article here. View more articles here.
From The Miami Herald: “You might be surprised to learn that children who are overweight during early childhood are at least five times more likely than non-obese children to be overweight or obese as adults. However not all hope is lost — a child who reaches his or her second birthday at a healthy weight… Continue Reading How to Get Your Child to Eat Healthy From An Early Age
From Orlando Sentinel: “The percentage of Florida youngsters deemed ready for kindergarten plummeted last year, thanks to a new test that tripped up many 5-year-olds.” Read the full article here. View more articles here.
From The New York Times: “Those heroic grandparents actually raising their grandchildren. More than a million children live in their grandparents’ households without parents present, says the advocacy group Generations United. Grandparents who are distant, geographically or otherwise, probably also have different experiences.” Read the full article here. View more articles here.