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Researchers with the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston found that Overweight kids ate 50% of their meals in front of the TV, compared with 35% for normal-weight children. They found that kids who ate dinner with their families ate more vegetables, were more likely to eat lower-fat foods, and drank fewer sodas than those who […]

A new survey by the American Psychological Association revealed high stress levels among teens, especially during the school year. Teens reported that their stress level during the school year—which they ranked as 5.8, on average, with 10 being the worst—was beyond what they perceived to be a healthy range. (Adults ranked their stress level at […]

Some tips for parents on how to encourage good sibling relationships: http://www.enannysource.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/05/ways-to-get-your-children-to-encourage-each-other/

Parents who regularly punish or dismiss their children’s anxieties could be setting their kids up for obesity, warns a new study. That’s because kids who fail to learn how to regulate their negative emotions – a skill that can be fostered by affirmative parenting – are more likely to turn to food for comfort, which […]

A new article takes a look at the research to explore the benefits offered by video games in cognitive, motivational, emotional, and social domains: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-a0034857.pdf   but a recent study out of Brock University showed that playing video games was highly prevalent among 13- and 14-year-olds, usually between one and three hours a day – […]