For many children, being told that they need to lose weight can really be a difficult thing to handle. Children are pressured to look like their teen idols do, thin and perfect. When they fall short of their ideal image of what they think that they should look like or what they … [Read more...] about Need to Know: Helping Kids Lose Weight
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When Your Child Needs to Lose Weight
Children who are overweight often deal with issues of poor self esteem and poor self image. Popular society tells us that we have to be thin in order to be beautiful. We treat beautiful people differently than ugly people. In children's movies and fairytales it is the fair … [Read more...] about When Your Child Needs to Lose Weight
Your Child’s Weight Loss the Emotionally Healthy Way
Children today are bombarded with images of what beautiful people are supposed to look like. Just as adults are infatuated with Hollywood and the celebrity of having a nice body, children are not immune to the effects of how we classify the ideal body shape. Even children's … [Read more...] about Your Child’s Weight Loss the Emotionally Healthy Way
Encouraging Healthy Weight Loss in Children
Most pediatricians agree that it is not healthy for children to be participating in radical weight loss diets, especially weight loss methods that adults may use medication for. Diet pills are never an option for a child. The best way for a child to diet is by eating nutritious … [Read more...] about Encouraging Healthy Weight Loss in Children
Prepping Your Child For Kindergarten: Socially, Mentally, Emotionally
Kindergarten is a big step in the life of a child. For some, it is the first time they will have ventured out on their own. For those who have been in daycare or in preschool, it might not be as big of a milestone, but it still begins the "school years". Whatever the … [Read more...] about Prepping Your Child For Kindergarten: Socially, Mentally, Emotionally
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