Category: For Parents/Families

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Can Babies Wear Regular Diapers to Go Swimming?

When you’re getting ready to hit the pool with your not-yet-potty-trained little one, finding that you forgot to pack the swim diapers creates a dilemma. You might consider putting on a regular diaper and hoping for the best. But pools insist on swim diapers for both safety and sanitary reasons.

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Swimming Lesson Accessories For Beginners

If you are just learning how to swim, it is not a necessity to have accessories, but they are helpful. Accessories, or equipment, can help to ease your fears or make you feel more comfortable, according to the American Red Cross’s Swimming and Water Safety Manual. Some basic accessories that

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Health & Fitness

Flu Fighting Foods

Yes, the foods that you eat affect performance. Did you also know that foods can also boost immunity and prevent illness? Intense physical activities and competition can stress the immune system too. And this makes athletes and dancers more susceptible to viral infections (like the common cold and flu). So

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Celebrate Dr. Seuss and Reading

March 2 is a very appropriate day to kick off the National Education Association’s annual Read Across America campaign because it is Dr. Seuss’s birthday! This year marks the 17th Read Across America Day (March 3. Many will gather to celebrate and share their love of reading. And for Theodor

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Health & Fitness

A Super Healthy Snack

  It makes snack time exciting when you get creative with foods – especially when you’re trying to improve the types of snacks that you children are eating! You will be surprised how broad kid’s palettes can become with just a little effort. Often they’re stuck in an unhealthy rut

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Sports Conditioning: Is it for your child?

Sports conditioning is very demanding whether done by adults or children. Actually it is often more demanding than general fitness training and can help the athlete gain an advantage over their competition or excel beyond performance. So obviously, sports conditioning is meant to complement training for a specific sport. Today’s

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Health & Fitness

When Should Children NOT Go Swimming?

Regardless of how much a child loves to be in the pool for swim lessons there are some times that it may not be best for them to take to the water. The Mayo Clinic provides answers to three questions that are often asked about kids and swimming. These may

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How to Beat Headaches in Kids

Headaches in children are often tension headaches, migraines or headaches caused by sickness, according to Wendy Anderson-Willis, a physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  Other cause include stress, crying, skipping meals, dehydration, sleep problems, vision changes, not wearing glasses or over-se of contact lenses, menstrual cycles in girls

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