Good sleep habits can not only take the stress out of bedtime, but can help make it the special time it should be for you and your child. Instituting and maintaining a consistence sleep habits helps your child fall asleep, stay asleep, and awake rested and refreshed. This can also be a daily opportunity to build and nurture your relationship with your child. Bedtime routines help...
Adults need to eat a breakfast every day to refuel their energy and to perform their best, but kids need it even more.  Kids’ growing bodies and developing brains need regular refueling often, from food. When kids skip breakfast, they miss the vitamins and the mineral they need from the meal for optimum growth and development. In other words, eating a healthy breakfast is important for...
Keeping your blood sugar levels within the range recommended by your doctor can be challenging. That's because many things make your blood sugar levels change, sometimes unexpectedly. Following are some factors that can affect your blood sugar levels. Food Healthy eating is a cornerstone of healthy living — with or without diabetes. But if you have diabetes, you need to know how foods affect...
A healthy relationship can be achieved by gaining a better understanding of valuing what is important to each other. Everyone’s relationship is unique, and people come together for many different reasons. But there are some things that good relationships have in common. Knowing the basic principles of healthy relationships helps keep them meaningful, fulfilling and exciting in both happy...
Insulin and other diabetes medications are designed to lower your blood sugar levels when diet and exercise alone aren't sufficient for managing diabetes. But the effectiveness of these medications depends on the timing and size of the dose. Medications you take for conditions other than diabetes also can affect your blood sugar levels. What to do: Store insulin properly. Insulin that's...
Exercise Physical activity is another important part of your diabetes management plan. When you exercise, your muscles use sugar (glucose) for energy. Regular physical activity also helps your body use insulin more efficiently. These factors work together to lower your blood sugar level. The more strenuous your workout, the longer the effect lasts. But even light activities — such as housework,...
Research shows that family dinners have numerous benefits for children and adolescents. Frequent family dinners have been linked with fewer emotional and behavioral problems, greater emotional well-being, more trusting and helpful behaviors towards others, and higher life satisfaction, regardless of gender, age, and family economics (Elgar et al., 2012). For youth, family dinners provide...