At every level, students are pushed to succeed. In elementary school, you may be afraid to bring a bad report card to your parents. Later on, when you are enrolled in junior high or high school, you may have to start thinking seriously about where you want to go for...
From the very beginning, parents begin preparing their babies for basic movements that develop their motor skills—holding their head up, sitting, standing—in order to get to the point of crawling and walking. The physical milestones we accomplish in our youth far...
1. Have an increased daylong energy expenditure 2. Have increased muscular strength and power 3. Have better motor skill performance 4. Experience an increase in insulin sensitivity, which lowers the risk of diabetes 5. Have a more favorable body composition 6. Have...
As a concerned and caring parent you want the best for your child. One of the first things you do when your child expresses an interest in a particular sport is be supportive and excited. The second thing you do is kindly share a dose of reality. Dose of reality: ...
Engage in simple sports games, and engineer the outcome so your child can win most of the time. Children also need to understand that they can’t always win whatever game they are playing. Soccer would be a great game to do this with, there’s very little...
Stretching can be confusing. Parents often wonder how their kids should be stretching and when they should be doing it. Here is some fundamental information on stretching. *An important rule of thumb is to never stretch a cold muscle. Always make sure the muscles are...
