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Barbara Coloroso
Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and an expert on a variety of topics about raising children. She has appeared Oprah, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and NPR and has authored four best-selling books. [...]
Alyson Shafer
Alyson Schafer is a psychotherapist and internationally acclaimed parenting expert. She is the Ask an Expert columnist for Today’s Parent Magazine and sits on the Health Advisory Board for Chatelaine Magazine. She is the best-selling author [...]
Silken Laumann
Silken Laumann is a former Olympic athlete, medal winner and inductee into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. She is an advocate for active childhoods and is a board member of Right to Play, an organization [...]
Daina Kalnins
Daina Kalnins is an academic/clinical specialist and a registered dietician at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto. She has 20 years of pediatric nutrition research and has written several books on the subject. [...]
The Link Between Childcare and Obesity
According to a recent study, childcare settings can have a big impact on a child’s weight and activity level. The study found that children in certain childcare settings are about one and a half times more [...]
Eating Fish Reduces Asthma in Kids
Infants who eat a diet that includes fish at the age of six to twelve months have a lower risk of developing asthma-like symptoms than babies who did not consume fish before six months or after [...]
Smart but Scattered
Written especially for parents, this accessible, state-of-the-science guide provides crucial knowledge and tools for supporting school-age kids who lack or lag behind in executive skills–the core, brain-based habits of mind required to “execute” tasks like getting [...]
Migraine Headaches Hurt Children’s School Performance
A recent study has shown that children who suffer from migraines are three times more likely to perform below average in school compared to children that don’t suffer from migraine headaches at all. The study examined [...]
Boys Are Reaching Puberty Earlier
A recent study has found that boys are reaching puberty two years earlier than previously reported, according to research out of the University of Vermont and published in the American Academy of Pediatrics Journal. On average [...]
Why Girls Talk – and What They’re Really Saying
Teenage girls often worry about how others view them, and as a result, they resist expressing their honest feelings for fear of not being accepted. They may continue to talk a lot, but often they express [...]
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