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Kids and Sports: Motivating Without Discouraging
Where do parents go wrong with helping their kids in sports? What started out as a nice family baseball game in the backyard, turned into a crying frustrating mess for both my son and husband. Well, my son did the crying, but both were very frustrated.
10 Ways to Turn Fitness into a Family Affair
The following is a guest post by Brant Secunda and Mark Allen Does obesity run in the family? According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, if one parent is overweight, there is a 50 percent chance that their children will also be overweight. But when exercise becomes a family affair, everyone wins!
Five Best Practices for School Success
“You don’t have to make it perfect, but you can make it great.” – Alessio, my 5-year old son, advising his frustrated little sister on why her squiggly lines are okay in her first attempts at writing the alphabet
It’s back-to-school time again. In families across America the homework showdowns have already begun. Parents struggle with homework almost as much as kids do. After a full day at school, it’s hard to get …
#ModernMomMondays: Episode Two with Ashley Marriott
In this episode, Winnie Sun has a motivating conversation with fitness expert Ashley Marriott who shares actionable tips for creating an affordable home gym, making family fitness fun and prioritizing self care especially during challenging times. https://youtu.be/osKd8aMHkNI
A New Kind of Mental Health Awareness: Fostering Mental Health While Practicing Physical Distancing
Last week, I was reading a news story about a group of teenagers from New Zealand who were stranded in the Caribbean at the beginning of the pandemic, having just completed a study-abroad sailing program. The educators in charge decided that the best course of action was to sail back to New Zealand with the…