Added April 27, 2013, Under: Children's Health, Parents, Vaccines
When I thought about writing this post, it was going to be about flu vaccines and perhaps touching on other forms of immunization but I quickly realized that there is so much information, so much controversy and so much “not sitting on the fence” that the two each warranted a post of their own.
So this one is about vaccinating children
Back in the day (namely the 1970s) I never questioned the need to have my own children vaccinated – it was ...
Added April 16, 2013, Under: Children's Health, Skin Conditions, Top 10
The term eczema covers a group of conditions that cause the skin to become inflamed or irritated. The epidemic of eczema, which affects one fifth of children, may be as a result of our all too recent obsessive concern with keeping our children free of germs – aided and abetted by the media and advertising. And all those household and personal cleaning agents filled with chemicals and toxins are certainly not helping the situation.
Eczema is now a worldwide epidemic – ...
Added March 25, 2013, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Health
The use of lead was banned in gasoline and house paint some decades ago, perhaps leading people to think that they and their children are no longer at risk from it. However, the documentary film "MisLEAD" is in its final stages of production - with the aim of dispelling the notion that only low-income communities, and children who eat paint chips, are at risk. The title highlights the fact that the Lead Industry itself wanted everyone to believe that, back ...
Added March 21, 2013, Under: Children's Health, Diseases, Environment, Parents
Once touted as the magic potion for combating dental cavities, the use of fluoride has done a complete turnaround with the now known health dangers of fluoride far outweighing any supposed but debatable dental benefits.
Along with so many parents of my generation, and before we had the internet as a means of research and sharing information, we followed our dentist's advice and happily gave our children those little pink fluoride pills with only their best interests at heart.
Some of the ...
Added February 10, 2013, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Parents
I have friends who do not even own a TV and I am envious of their self control. It would be too hard for me to do away with television altogether but it can certainly be limited to the benefit of all.
I remember how there was a massive power failure in Southern California a year or two ago when my daughter and her family were literally without any electronic entertainment for a full 24 hours. Along with the neighbors in ...
Added January 23, 2013, Under: Children's Health, New Moms, Pregnancy, Vitamin D
In the winter months of the northern hemisphere, it becomes more important than ever to determine your child's vitamin D level. It is not known as the “feel good” hormone for nothing. If he or she were already deficient before the start of the colder months, then such levels could so easily be much worse now.
Children need vitamin D (yes,the feel good hormone) to fight the colds, flu and other viruses or bacteria that they are going to come into ...
Added January 15, 2013, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Parents
Can you believe the ubiquitous crocs have only been on the planet just over 10 years? Born in 2002, the shoe was initially intended as footwear for boating, with its nonslip tread and waterproof construction.
"The product was originally produced in Canada in clog-form," says co-founder Lyndon V. Hanson, vice president of Crocs. "We added a strap for utility, and gave it some flair."
While they were never ever going to receive any accolades from the notorious fashion police, people - and ...
Added October 26, 2012, Under: Children's Health, How To
As anyone who reads my post regularly will know, I am a great believer in the importance of maintaining above average vitamin D levels. Vitamin D is not called the “feel good vitamin” for nothing – it is a great health and wellbeing booster and just as much so in children as in adults.
And yet some 70% of children in the US are deficient in vitamin D.
In the past this deficiency used to be linked with a bone disease in ...
Added August 8, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Health
Hand sanitisers have been in daily use for several years now but they are not environmentally friendly and they really don't do your health any favors either because of the ingredients they can contain – namely triclosan, triclorcarbon and/or toluene.
Think T for TOXIC!
Once again, parents, teachers and health practitioners thought they were doing the right thing in insisting on the use of hand sanitisers but as with so many other modern innovations, there is an element of toxicity involved. In ...
Added July 18, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Environment, Exercise, Parents
Today it has become more important than ever to encourage family togetherness. Fairly easy-to-do when the children are young but the older they become, and the more involved in out-of-the-house activities, the more difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, keep at it even if that means at least once a day or several times a week you all do something together BUT preferably minus all the electronic paraphernalia (yes that means no TV, no cell phones, no Ipads and more!) unless you ...
