Play the brain game and win smart, happy kids
What do Aristotle, da Vinci, Darwin, Gates and Old Doc Lester (here I am using poetic licence) have in common? Brainpower.
Category: Health
Fighting for life in Africa
In stark contrast to the waiting rooms with flat-screen television sets at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, is the waiting area of the HIV clinic where Dr. Adrienne Chan also works in Malawi, Africa.
Where the kids are: on the lookout for new playmates
When my son was five, he preferred play to work. Educators suggest early childhood development is all about learning through play.
A break for the brain
Even recess has benefits
Bigger isn’t better
Here we go again, another “evangelist” preaching on the sinful epidemic of childhood obesity. When is enough enough?
Terrible twos? Try terrible teens. How to tame the angst
“I hate you and I’m leaving home.” Is there a parent of teenagers who hasn’t heard those words? We only have two choices when we get that message (or one like it) from our teens.
Alternative therapy
I am a believer in holistic medicine — treating the body, mind and spirit as a whole. I also believe that any treatment that does no harm and has the potential to be of benefit is worth investigating.
Tantrums are traumatizing, but kids need to hear ‘no’
We all know this scene. There is a cute, chubby-cheeked toddler in the supermarket shopping cart, which is brimming with diapers, juice, carrots, potatoes, canned tomatoes, milk, eggs, family-size cereal and about three dozen other things that will fuel a family for a week.