Homework? Check. Backpack? Check. A nutritious, delicious, energy-packed, obesity-fighting lunch? Whoops. Researchers at the University of Texas recently found that more than half of parents scored an F when packing a lunch by failing to include foods loaded with enough energy, vitamins, calcium, iron, and zinc. Lunches served at school didn’t fare any better, a [...]
Strength training and conditioning may seem to be the realm of ripped bodybuilders, but a national sports group has just recommended that kids get in on the action, too. The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) has just published new guidelines for strength training and conditioning for children, noting that fears over safety shouldn’t prevent [...]
My wife and I were driving our 2 ½-year-old son, Asher, to school recently when he suddenly piped up from the backseat. “Daddy, what color are you?” My eyes went wide. I slowly turned to my wife. Marie’s mouth was agape, as if someone had slapped her. She’s Haitian-American and I’m pure Irish, so our [...]
When an NBA star talks, kids listen. That’s why more than 250 kids at a New Orleans school were hanging on Tyson Chandler’s every word. But Chandler, the 7’1″ center for the NBA Hornets, wasn’t giving the standard “I always dreamed of playing pro ball” spiel. He was talking two-wheelers with the students of Andrew [...]
A parent’s first instinct, when she sees her child gaining weight, is to deny him or her those extra snacks and nibbles. But that’s a losing strategy, just like any fad diet. One of the reasons diets fail is because nobody likes to feel as though they are denying themselves — in a land of [...]
