Articles tagged with: parents
Over in the Grocery Tips section of our blog, we published a list of 25 Must-haves for Healthy Meals on a Whim. If you’re one of those people who can’t do anything around their household without a user manual, fine, here is what you do with the 25 things we told you to buy:
Extra tip: And, as always, if you involve your kids in preparing…
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Or: The Deconstruction of a Habit – and Rebuilding a New One
This is in in continuation of last week’s article “Habits: Why We Need Ice Cream When We See the Truck“
I know it doesn’t seem like you reap anything but frustration from the fact that your child refuses vegetables, or won’t try anything new, or has a meltdown every night at the table. Whatever the problem, it’s…
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And, by healthy, of course, I mean slender, well-nourished ones who can run fast and do sit-ups and pull-ups and all manner of stuff I couldn’t do if my life depended on it. The perfect kind that choose to eat vegetables because they like them, not because you force them to by plugging their noses and jamming the spoon in their mouths threatening to take away their TV time.
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This is part 1 of ZisBoomBah’s exclusive series on motivation.
In the recent movie The Blind Side, after repeated failure on the coach’s part to motivate her stepson as a new football player, Sandra Bullock takes the coach aside and chides him to “know his players.” Provided with insight regarding the unique motivations of his player, the coach is able to create a winning team. This first step in building…
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The first day of school is so exciting. Remember when you were a kid how good it felt to know that the next report card was still a completely blank slate? That all the opportunities to do well laid still ahead for you to grab?
As parents, we still anticipate the new school year with great expectations – mixed with some anxieties. Will she make new friends? Will he do…
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Despite vowing to never let the words pass their lips, how many parents can truthfully claim that, finding themselves at wits end, they have not uttered the phrase: “Do as I say, not as I do”? After all, we want our kids to do well, to develop the kinds of habits that will make them successful, happy adults. This is a natural aspect of being a good parent. Even though…
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This is part 3 of ZisBoomBah’s original series “Understanding Your Child’s Body Image.”
Part 1 and part 2 of our body image series talked about how kids don’t consciously draw a link between their own body image and behavior. For them, it’s about being accepted by their friends and loved by their family. So we asked the question, does a positive body image motivate a child…
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Understanding what things are or where things come from can often make the difference between rejecting something or accepting (and even liking) it. I think kids would feel the same way with vegetables. If something came to your plate and you were told to eat it, without knowing what it was, I bet you wouldn’t be very willing to just eat it without question. So here’s the plan –
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Getting kids to eat vegetables is clearly a big challenge for many parents. You can find a million suggestions on forums and blogs about getting your kid to eat those veggies. One idea that keeps popping up on most of the sites is to give your child a choice about what they want to eat. We all like choice, and a kid is no exception. The theory is, a child
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Eating unhealthy meals at home usually happens when you don’t feel like cooking or didn’t have time to shop for fresh groceries. Both? Then you’re really in trouble. Unless, of course, you have a well-stocked freezer, which makes preparing a healthy meal for your family in minutes a breeze. It’s obvious: The fresher you’re freezing the food, the better the food when you thaw it. Freeze right after you get…
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