Posted by admin | Posted in Child's Health | Posted on 23-10-2009
Circuit Training is a great way to get the whole family up and moving. If you’re not familiar with the nuts and bolts of circuit training, it’s best described as a series of pre-set exercise stations. The participants rotate around to each station every minute or so. Upbeat music may play in the background. Many of the popular women’s exercise facilities popping up around town are based on the circuit-training concept.
In a gym setting, circuit training usually involves hydraulic exercise machines. But the beauty of circuit training is that it easily translates to any environment. All it takes is a little creativity. Periodically in this column I’ll introduce a new circuit-training course you can try with your kids at home. Read the rest of this entry »
We all know it’s important for kids to learn to read words. Did you also know it’s beneficial to teach kids to read their own body? Young athletes develop a respect for their body that comes from knowing the magnificent ways their body responds to the demands of exercise. Studies have shown that kids who respect their body are less likely to do things to harm their body, like smoke or use drugs. So it’s important that we, as parents and educators, teach kids a few simple principles of exercise response.
As much as 80 per cent of our lifetime exposure to the sun occurs during childhood so it is vital that parents to make sure children are properly protected
Spanking is a huge hot-button issue for parents. Many psychologists say that spanking or any other physical discipline harms children and their relationship with their parents. But quite a few parents disagree, and some experts do, too. Lawrence Diller, a behavioral pediatrician in Walnut Creek, Calif., and author of The Last Normal Child, even argues that more parents should consider spanking to speed behavior improvements in young children.