Articles tagged with: activities
Part 1 of our 2-part series on Valentine’s Day family fun ideas. Recipes appear in part 2.
As the parent of a school-age child, the idea of sharing a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner with my true love is quickly dismissed in my stressed and tired brain. Romantic dinners with good wine and soft jazz playing as the hours gently pass by—who are you kidding?
For many moms and…
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If you made any new year’s resolutions on January 1, by now you’ve probably experienced precisely the reason why we need a January 1 in the first place: It’s hard to let go of bad habits. Why is that? Leo Babauta over at ZenHabits.net writes in his latest post —Habits That Crush Us—that we often find our bad habits useful in coping with either stress or boredom.…
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During the chilly winter months, it’s tempting for my family to forget about physical activity for a chance to curl up on the couch with a soothing cup of hot chocolate. This year, however, my sister-in-law Nicole Rose and I brainstormed on how to keep our family and yours active indoors or outdoors this winter season. Here is what we came up with:
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As Thanksgiving approaches, families across the nation are planning to get together and celebrate the holiday over a turkey feast. But why not exercise and earn the Thanksgiving meal as a family too? Turkey trots — a footrace that can range anywhere between 1 mile and 26 miles — are taking place across the nation this month. And, a number of these races are suitable for the whole family. Examples…
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We have a winner! Congratulations to the Pardee family from Freehold, N.J. on winning the grand prize in our Challenger Calendar Contest: an iPad 2! We caught up with Carol Pardee, the mom, at home to chat about how the Challenger Calendar has impacted their daily lives. She and daughter Julia, who just turned 12, had been using ZisBoomBah’s new game for achieving goals throughout the months of…
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Back to School feels a lot like January – a fresh start, a chance to rethink your ways, the motivation to improve. Total tabula rasa. Neither you nor your kids have goofed anything up yet…. ahh, doesn’t it feel good? Use this renewed positive spirit to form new healthy habits for the school year that lies ahead, still untainted; or to reinstate some bygone good habits you had neglected towards…
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Swim in natural water with your kids
Neighborhood pool schmool. Ditch the chlorine and go natural for a change. Do you remember the sensation of the slimy, squishy bottom of a natural lake between your toes? The partly scary/partly thrilling feeling of thinking there’s a fish right next to your leg but you can’t see it? Plus, this is for their safety too. Kids who are used to swimming in…
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“Healthy lifestyle” is such a buzzword these days. It’s everywhere! So we stopped to ask, what does it actually mean? Is there a universal definition, a common understanding, of what’s considered a healthy lifestyle? Or does each family life a different healthy lifestyle?
We asked our house nutritionist, Lisa Lanzano, MS, RD, to tell us exactly what a healthy lifestyle is…
Big surprise! Lisa didn’t specifically talk about food at…
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It’s February. So… how is your New Year’s resolution coming along? If you just remembered, “Oh yeah, that’s right, we wanted to live healthier!” then keep on reading.
We asked one of the nation’s leading authorities on childhood obesity what sustainable success looks like when it comes to healthy family lifestyles. How do you know you’ve made it over the hump? James O. Hill, Ph.D., a close advisor to the ZisBoomBah…
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From our sponsor The Children’s Hospital
Most children are not obese, but fears about the obesity “epidemic” have increased with good reason. According to Renee Porter, obesity clinical nurse coordinator at The Children’s Hospital, portion sizes have nearly tripled in the last 20 to 30 years, kids often drink too many sugar-sweetened beverages, recess and physical education have drastically decreased…
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