At least 70 percent of America’s 30 million elementary school students use computers, according to a recent New York Times article. As a result of
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
