How easy is this…I haven’t been a keen participant of meditation, ironically enough because I am too hyper. I am taking the 30 day challenge to meditate for 1 min three times a day! Let me know your thoughts on this recent article in the Vancouver Sun.
Archive for the ‘Health and Nutrition’ category
Meditation and improved concentration
February 17, 2012Why are kids so anxious?
September 19, 2011I wonder why kids are so anxious these days…. Let’s take a minute and think about what September looks like for most kids: 1. It’s the start of a new school year. We drop them off for a week straight wherein most of them don’t find out who their teacher or classmates are going to [...]
Rewarding good child behaviour with food, not such a good idea.
June 15, 2009About 20 percent of children are overweight. Over the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years…enough said. It’s extremely important to reinforce good behaviour immediately as this will increase the odds of that good behaviour continuing to happen. However, relating [...]
My child is avoiding learning situations….
May 20, 2009So, after years of working with kids, I have to say I was a little slow on this one. So I’ve been trying to teach my son his colours. He has already developed the “class clown” kind of attitude whereby he’ll play dumb or do something silly in order to avoid answering a finite question. [...]
Power food-Acai berry
April 6, 2009Strengthening the immune system is something we all think about over the cold season, so you might want to remind yourself of this recipe come January. What caught my attention was “promoting sound sleep!”. What parent isn’t craving a sound sleep from their children? Two- and three-year-old children sleeping less than 10 hours in a [...]
Improve your child’s behaviour… Omega’s!
March 28, 2009Even studies out of Oxford University in the UK have confirmed that Omega 3 Fatty Acids are crucial to improving your child’s behaviour, mood and learning. Even more directly, studies have yielded results pointing to improved concentration, less impulsivity thus improving reading and spelling scores. Dr. Richardson out of Oxford has stated that Fatty Acids [...]
