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Ever since 1984, the year soccer passed baseball as the most popular team sport in the United States, participation in this sport has skyrocketed. With

The growing awareness of safe driving and state safety laws have alerted the general public and parents to the importance of using car seats for

American kids are under tremendous pressure to perform well in school. Every year they’re required to take more and more standardized tests, and every year

In today’s age of health and fitness, more and more kids are involved in sporting activities. Although being part of a football, soccer or Little

In decades past, very few urban kids had ever even heard of a parsnip, a fennel bulb, or a bunch of kale. In those days,

It’s the rare child who actually wants to eat fruits and vegetables. Kids are bombarded by television and radio ads for cereals, candy, and chips

There is much wisdom in the saying "you are what you eat", but food today is not the food of yesterday. We need to actually

We all know we should eat a "good breakfast". Most of us can still hear the voice of our third grade teacher ringing in our

Plenty of people go through plenty of suffering trying to lose weight. But why does it have to be that way? Surely there’s some discipline

The recent school year has long been over, but the echoes of learning, striving, and achieving persist. We may, if we choose, apply these remembrances

Long ago and far away, a fourth-grade teacher told a student to "stand up straight – you look like a pretzel". The unthinking adult only

Everyone knows the old adage that declares "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This time-honored wisdom certainly makes sense. We wouldn’t