From distracted parenting to “sharenting,” taking an honest look at our own use of electronic media can make us into more skillful parents and better role models.
Can Screens Help Your Child’s Brain? 4 Tips To Get The Most From Kids’ Media
The family that plays video games together stays together. When parents become digital mentors, children can learn empathy and resilience and prepare for careers. From NPR’s Life Kit, Here are four ways to harness the advantages of screen time.
The science of smiles.
The idea that smiling can make you happier — often referred to as the “facial feedback hypothesis” — dates back to the 1800s when Charles Darwin suggested that it could improve your mood.
Are you at your wits’ end with a screen-obsessed kid?
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4 Steps to Food Safety
Each year, 1 in 6 Americans get sick from eating contaminated food. CDC tracks foodborne illnesses and collaborates with state and local health departments and other federal agencies to investigate foodborne outbreaks. CDC’s work provides information to improve food safety. To read the full article, click here
Put Your Medicines Up and Away and Out of Sight
About 60,000 young children end up in emergency rooms each year because they got into medicines while an adult wasn’t looking. These emergency visits can be prevented by always putting every medicine up and away and out of children’s reach and sight every time you use it. Families take medications and vitamins to feel well … Continue reading Put Your Medicines Up and Away and Out of Sight