Children & Family - Wellness

Prepare for Safe Sledding Before the Kids Hit the Hill

The thrill of sledding is unlike any other for children. The feeling of going down a hill at fast speeds with the cold wind blowing at their face can only…

Button Battery Safety

Powering Childhood Injury: Button Battery Burns If you’re a parent or care for children, this is a feeling you probably already know. No matter how prepared we feel, children seem…

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Three Reasons Why Family Wellness Is Important

You cannot control many factors in your life, like your genetic makeup, your past, and the circumstances around you. Still, you have choices over what you eat, whether or not…

Sun Safety: How to Protect Your Skin from the Sun this Summer and All Year Round

It’s an excellent time to consider your sun safety routine as summer approaches. It doesn’t matter what your summer plans are; protection from the sun should always be a part…

Halloween: Nutrition Safety & Healthy Snacks

Everyone loves a good scare on Halloween, but not regarding the nutrition safety of those little trick-or-treaters. Fortunately, there are many easy things parents and kids can do to stay…

Moms-in-Training: 3 Sanity-Saving Tips for New Mothers

(BPT) – From feeding to diaper changing, new moms and dads are flooded with information to learn and decisions to make for their new bundles of joy. A recent survey…

What Couples Should Know About Prenatal Testing

A pregnant woman sitting on and being embraced by a man is holding small baby shoes

(BPT) – So you’ve decided to take the leap into parenthood. To give yourself the best chance for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, there are some important options…

3 Ways to Make Your Summer Backyard Irresistible to Kids

Children playing on a slip-n-slide in a backyard on a bright summer day

(BPT) -When summer arrives do you see even less of your kids than you did during the school year? Too many American children, tweens and teens spend those extra hours…

Hooked on Books: Why Reading to Your Baby is a Must

An asian father reading to a baby on his lap

(BPT) – Four-month old Lily Campos sits on her father’s lap, one chubby hand in her mouth, the other patting the farm animals in the book in front of her….

3 Steps Parents Should Take to Protect Baby’s Skin

A very small baby sleeping while holding an adults finger in it's hand

(BPT) – Soft, smooth, fresh and flawless – it’s how parents envision their baby’s skin. Your little one may be born with perfect skin, but protecting that perfection requires work. “The…