Travel with Ease: A Stress-Free Guide to Managing Special Dietary Needs
When you have special dietary requirements, travel is not as easy as for people who do not, but it can be done! It takes more planning than for families who...
Health & Fitness
THE BIG 3 Summer Super Foods For Kids
Summer is the gateway to launching your child into the world of nutrient-dense, tasty, colorful, and super healthy foods. Recharge your child’s brain power and increase energy levels by providing...
Lifelong Resolution
Weight loss is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions. Most people tend to have a long list of things they would like to change, but never make it a priority, until now
Holidays Require Candy
Holidays Require Candy People on special diets can still enjoy the holidays; it just takes a little bit of extra planning and organizing! Besides family, the most important thing about...
Fitness Fun: Incorporating Fitness into the Classroom
A recent study conducted at the University of Illinois linked cardio respiratory fitness in 48 children ages 9-10 with higher functioning in math tests. While this is a small sample...
Spilling the Beans About Your Child & Caffeine
Caffeine After consuming two 24-ounce Monster energy drinks, a 14-year-old Maryland girl went into cardiac arrest while at home. Six days later, the teenager died at the hospital and the...
The Family Factor of Five: Making Time for Fitness (and Actually Doing It)
Fitness Time The first half of my career was spent trying to convince people in the autism world that fitness is important for this population. With increased attention towards healthy...
4 Features of Total Fitness: The Foundations of Better Living
4 Features of Total Fitness “Did you wash your hands really good?” I inquire suggestively to my 11-year old athlete as he quickly exits the bathroom. “Yes!” is the nearly...
The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Fitness Programs
Fitness is a life skill. It is the pursuit of a healthier, stronger, more able body through activity, both planned and spontaneous. That’s one of the main differences between general...
The Middle School Monster
Throughout a child’s middle school years, which usually includes sixth, seventh and eighth grade, the experiences are like something out of a novel. There are protagonists and antagonists who they...