Kids Health

Parents’ Smoking Raise Future Heart Risks for Kids

When parents smoke, their kids may face a higher risk of a common heart rhythm problem decades later, a new study suggests. Researchers found that adults who grew up with smokers were more likely to develop atrial fibrillation, versus those with nonsmoking parents. Atrial fibrillation (or “a-fib”) is a heart arrhythmia in which the atria — the heart’s upper chambers — periodica ...
September 21, 2019
Kids Development

Keeping Kids Balanced: Juggling School, Activities and Life at Home

Between school, homework and extracurricular activities, the days go quickly once the school year starts. That’s why experts want to remind parents that it’s important their kids find balance. “We try to force too much on young children too fast,” said Dr. Rick Ellis, a psychologist with Spectrum Psychological Services. “Learning to fun and play and interact and have social ski ...
August 26, 2019
Kids Development
Parenting Tips

Study Confirms Putting Kids To Bed Earlier Is Better For Mom’s Mental Health

When I was pregnant with my first child, a friend’s dad told me “congratulations, you’ll never sleep again.” I laughed and naively thought that my kid would be different. Two kids later and sleep ranks up there with potty training as one of the toughest aspects of parenting. Nobody seems to get enough, and the struggle is daily. Early To Bed Is Best For Everyone Involved But a study confirms why all those b ...
August 15, 2019
Kids Development
Motivation

Study: Kids Who Spend Time in Nature Become Happier Adults

At this point it seems the evidence is overwhelming—new studies seem to arrive on our desks each week that suggest simply spending time in green spaces can improve our health, both mentally and physically. As avid outdoors people, we instinctively know that, but it’s always nice to have science confirm our suspicions. And recently, researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark published yet another study ab ...
August 6, 2019
Kids Development
Screen Time For Kids

Impact of Smartphones on Kids is Serious

We should now have more reason for concern over the excessive use of technology among the young. Kids’ smartphone use has risen dramatically, studies show. Children who spend too much time on smartphones and other electronic gadgets are at risk of mental health problems, scientists warn. New studies suggest that an hour a day spent staring at a screen plays a significant part in the rise of anxiety and depr ...
July 30, 2019
Kids Development
Screen Time For Kids

8 Creative Ways to Manage Your Kids’ Screen Time

Every parent is faced with the challenging task of teaching their kids how to best manage their relationship with technology. While the lure of screens is real and ubiquitous for both kids and parents, raising kids with healthy boundaries around screens is becoming a huge cultural priority and as well as a necessity for healthy family dynamics. We asked members of the Thrive community to share their best pr ...
July 16, 2019
Financial Literacy for Kids
Kids Development

How to Teach Young Kids About Money So It Sticks with Them

“Money doesn’t grow on trees.” This is the nugget of wisdom that so many of us were handed as children, and often the financial literacy education ended there. A new survey by CreditsCard.com found that one in four U.S adults with children under 18 said their parents provided no money lessons as a child. In the case of money matters, ignorance is not bliss, and what you don’t know can hurt you. Research sho ...
July 11, 2019
Kids Development
Parenting Tips

Commentary: Should You Install a Tracking App on Your Kids’ Phones?

Think twice before tracking your kids, says University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Joel Michael Reynolds. LOWELL, Massachusetts: The use of self-tracking and personal surveillance technologies has grown considerably over the last decade. There are now apps to monitor people’s movement, health, mindfulness, sleep, eating habits and even sexual activity. Some of the more thorny problems arise from apps de ...
June 18, 2019
Kids Development

Stop Telling Children They Need to Sit Still

The little wiggly worms and jumping beans are wiggly and jumping for an actual reason and developmentally it’s near impossible for primary school and pre-school aged children to sit still. Asking your child to sit still seems part and parcel with being a parent. As they wiggle their way around the couch, car, at the dinner table, at the movies or as they kick the seat of the passenger in front on them ...
June 12, 2019
Kids Development
Parenting Tips

Science Says Parents of Successful Kids Have These 11 Things in Common

There isn’t a set recipe for parents on how to raise a successful child. However, research points to several factors that could help. Most parents want their kids to stay out of trouble, do well in school, and go on to live successful lives as adults. And while there isn’t a set recipe for raising successful children, psychology research has pointed to a handful of factors that predict success. Unsurprising ...
June 8, 2019
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