Kids Health
Tips for Helping Children who are Scared of the Dark
Many children are scared of the dark. It’s this fear than can seriously disrupt their sleep and make bed time a painful experience for everyone involved. Here we’ve listed some useful tips for addressing your child’s fear of the dark. From using night lights and toys as comfort to looking out for anything that could look creepy in their bedroom when the lights go out we’ve got a great range of tips to help your child overcome their fear:
Reasons why
Firstly it’s important to get a little bit of an idea around why your child may be scared of the dark. It could be anything from genetic susceptibility (your child may be simply more emotional and sensitive) or even a stressful event can lead to a fear of the night time. Remember, children will mirror their parents behavior so if one or both parents are anxious, the child will also behave this way.
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Young Girls and Body Image–How to Protect Their Self Esteem
These days, it seems that the age at which girls want to grow up and be more adult-like is getting younger and younger each day. Idols such as Miley Cyrus, while fun for girls to watch on TV, are getting around in less and less clothing, which can make the issue of girls and body image rear its head sooner than you’d anticipated as a parent. Tweens on diets, 8-year-olds wanting leather skirts, more and more unrealistic images being pushed out to the public…So what is a parent to do? How much can we protect our daughters from having an unrealistic view of what they should look like? There are so many influences in our children’s lives these days, and from toys to magazines and TV to their friends at school, it seems as though an unrelenting stream of ideas on what girls should and shouldn’t look like are filtering into their everyday lives. Perhaps, then, trying to prevent them from coming into contact with these influences is not the answer. Perhaps its a case of ensuring our daughters know the difference between what is real and what is not. We’ve put together a small guide in the hopes of providing some tips for parents with young girls who are trying to navigate the tricky subject of body image.
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Kids and Vitamin C
It’s important to get enough vitamin C into your kids’ diet!
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid is water soluble vitamin that is not stored in the body and must be replaced each day. Kids need to ingest it from their diet or supplements (high doses of vitamins are not recommended).
Vitamin C is important for maintaining a healthy immune system, helps the body fight stress and enhances collagen production that are needed for healthy skin, cartilage, bones, teeth & connective tissue. It also helps in increasing iron and calcium absorption. Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant that helps to prevent free-radical cell damage that comes from environmental pollution, cigarette smoke, radiation, herbicides and unhealthy foods.
A deficiency of vitamin C can cause different types of diseases and sickness. Scurvy is the most common disease caused by severe and chronic vitamin C deficiency. Symptoms include fatigue, bleeding gums, loose teeth, bruising, dry hair and skin, poor wound healing, and anaemia.
Most fruits and vegetables contain some amount of vitamin C. Good sources of vitamin C including green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, kiwi fruit, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, guava, blackcurrants, parsley and tomato.
Health Tips for Kids!
A Healthy Life Should Start From A Young Age!
Healthy children are more likely to develop into healthy teenagers and healthy adults. If they are healthy, they can do a lot of things they want to do!
1. Start the day with a healthy breakfast
