Want a healthy family?

We all want healthy families. But today's families are faced with packed schedules, a thousand distracting gadgets, easy access to unhealthy foods, and a dozen other things that keep families stressed, worn out, and apart from one another. Here are some excellent tips on how to avoid all of that and make time for each other. See them here: Health.com

How to Love Your Crazy Life

Sometimes life goes haywire for all of us. Too many schedules. Not enough sleep. Wrong diet. Kids out of control. More expenses than income. On and on it goes. Here are some practical thoughts on how to take a deep breath and make it all sort of seem to work. Read them here: Your Crazy Life

The Only Thing I'd Really Like To Be

"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be." — From Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

Secrets to a Stress-Free, Happy, Healthy Family

Happy healthy families don't just fall out of the sky. We have to create them. It takes work, commitment, humor, creativity, devotion, love, and much more. Here are some practical ideas to help you keep your family together while the kids are young and later on as well. See them here: Health.com

5 Tips for Staying Active With Kids and Family

If you have children at home or help take care of grandchildren, here are some great ideas to help keep all of you active, together! See the article here: Health.com

Try These 7 Tricks for Instant Calm

Feeling overwhelmed? Ready to pull your hair out? Wound up by all of the nagging little irritations of the day? We all have times of stress: the repeated pressures of work; the endless responsibilities of parenting; the periodic strain of marriage or a relationship; and just the usual pace of life. Here are some easy ways to help provide quick relief from any or all of those stress producers. See the article here: Health.com

Should Kids Under 13 Be on Facebook?

For those of you with adolescents at home you may want to pay attention to the facts in this piece. Some 20 million minors are on Facebook. With sexual predators, the mentally disturbed, and manipulators with all sorts of bizarre motives sifting through Facebook each day, does it make sense for youth 13 and under to have their own Facebook pages? To help you decide see the article here: Kids on Facebook?

Secrets to a Stress-Free, Happy, Healthy Family

Many families today are running in circles, especially if you have young children still at home, involved in countless activities. Today's home structure is often so disorganized it causes enormous stress on all of the family members. Here are some tips to help you better manage family stress: Secrets to a Stress-Free, Happy, Healthy Family - Health.com

8 Ways to Make Shots Easier for Kids

Flu, colds, allergies, immunizations, all create painful times for children who visit the doctor for a shot. Here are some helpful ideas about how to make that office visit not quite as scary.

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