As big brothers and sisters return to school, it’s important to remember the younger siblings and how in-person school during this pandemic can affect them. Risks for Younger Children While studies show COVID-19 is usually not as harmful to younger…
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While we have focused a lot on the additional stress COVID-19 causes for children currently, it is important to not forget the non-COVID-related school stress. These stressors may seem easy compared to what children have been dealing with during this…
Bullying has been an issue basically since the beginning of time and it can have major impacts on the health, safety, and overall wellbeing of children as they head back to school. The incorporation of cyberbullying into the mix over…
In our current world where technology has been incorporated into nearly every aspect of our lives, screen time has been a major concern for children and their development. However, another facet of the technology concern is the effect social media…
COVID-19 has had a major impact on how we live our lives worldwide. Aside from the danger of the virus itself, the side effects of pandemic life are having major, lasting effects on everyone including our children. What are the…
Sedentary youth lifestyles are beginning to plague the newest generation of children. With a wide variety of tv shows, movies, video games, apps, and social media on several types of devices like televisions, tablets, computers, and cell phones, children are…
While back to school, if kids are returning to in-person classes, usually means the return of gym class and extracurricular sports, other youth fitness considerations should be taken into consideration to keep our kids happy and healthy, especially if they…
Wellness is multifaceted, but in today’s blog we’re going to focus on youth nutrition and healthy eating habits for those growing kiddos! The main thing to remember for children is they need to base their diet with foods from five…
As we approach that time of year here in the United States when kids are headed back to school, we feel it is an appropriate time to look at the wellness of our children and issues affecting them. How can…
After digging deep into pandemic weight gain, diet, nutrition, physical activity, and exercise research over the past several days, there is only one more topic for this blog series: masks. Now, we can sit here all day and debate the…