Sentences with phrase «physical health of their children»

In a heavily researched yet reader - friendly, succinct format, this book will assist parents in making the best possible choices for the mental and physical health of their children.

Canadians considering international adoption may have concerns about the physical health of the children.

Breastfeeding has been shown to have a positive effect on the physical health of children, as well as their early behaviour and relationship with parents.

We feel that it is important for public health workers, teachers and others concerned for the emotional and physical health of children and youth to support the adoption of alternative methods for the achievement of self - control and responsible behavior in children and adolescents.»

In support of Every Child Wales, Marianne Mannello, Play Wales» assistant director added: «There is increasing concern about the mental and physical health of children and young people.

ASCD's Whole Child Initiative and Healthy School Communities effort were established on the fundamental belief that the physical health of our children contributes to their ability to succeed in school — and in life.

Observed and evaluated the performance, behavior and physical health of each child in order to identify emotional, developmental, or health - related troubles.

The effect of household dysfunction or child abuse on the physical health of children has rarely been investigated.

The court considers any factors that affect the emotional, mental and physical health of the child.

Preventive well - child visits almost always focus on the physical health of the child.

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As Middleton said, in describing how she plans to launch a website on the topic and expressing a strategy that works: «I see time and time again that there is so much to be gained from talking of mental health and taking the mental health of our children as seriously as we do their physical health.

I've always been under the impression that the «conservative» view of abortion is that it should NOT be allowed EXCEPT in cases of rape, incest, or when competent medical authorities determine that the health and safety of the mother and / or child is at serious risk (but not justifying the abortion of a child simply for having a mental or physical disability).

It is well known that most indices of child welfare — income, access to health care, physical safety, poverty, self - esteem — have been declining in the United States.

Children of single - parent families are far more likely even when they are not poor to do badly in school, get in trouble with the law, have poor mental and physical health, and have marital difficulties later in life.

In the United States, while it has become more problematic for teachers to interest themselves in the personal development of their students, we have broadened the responsibility of schools in other directions, using them to improve the physical and mental health of children.

These outcomes include reducing the welfare caseload; employing former welfare recipients; increasing incomes for the poor and near poor; improving the cognitive, physical and social development of children; reducing out - of - wedlock births; improving health care for low - income residents; and bolstering job stability and advancement.

The authors of the report say that «obesity represents a significant threat to the present and future health of children and leads to a wide range of physical and psychological consequences.

Launched in the Bay Area in 2006, Sprouts Cooking Club teaches children from all socioeconomic, physical and mental health backgrounds the importance of healthy, nutritional foods through hands - on cooking with REAL chefs using REAL ingredients in REAL restaurants.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is «an organization of 64,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well - being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.»

Researchers assessed children's development using multiple methods and measured many facets of children's development (social, emotional, intellectual, language development, behavioral problems and adjustment, and physical health).

«As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teensChildren's Health Media, KidsHealth also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teenschildren and teens.»

Regular physical activity in children and adolescents promotes physical and psychological health and fitness, and improves some aspects of academic performance.

This unsubstantiated finding is that «increased breastfeeding duration has had no effect on overall physical or pscychological health outcomes of either children or mothers.»

Active Play is described by ACT Health as: «Any form of regular physical activity that babies and children do, which includes moderate to vigorous bursts of high energy, and which raises...

My friend, pediatric physical therapist Wendi McKenna, has put together an online summit of 20 child development, maternal, and family health experts — including me — to -LSB-...]

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness polHealth, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness polhealth approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

I am incapable of understanding that a mother's physical and emotional health are better served by rest and help from supportive nurses during the postpartum period than simply being left alone with a brand new child.

That being the case, why not try to make the food we're supplying our children — the future of this country, after all — best serve their physical and educational needs, rather than contributing to long term health care costs that we all pay for down the line?

This level of membership is open to anyone whose job impacts the physical, psychological, or emotional health of children and families.

If children are only allowed to run, jump, and climb when strictly supervised, they aren't going to find it very fun and are likely to do less of it which can have detrimental consequences on both their physical and mental health (think unimaginative obese kids).

Spanking: Parenthood's Dirty Little (and Common) Secret This week a study was released saying when children are disciplined using harsh physical punishment like spanking, they are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mental health problems - even if they aren't otherwise abused or maltreated.

«A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

When parents experience their first born, there is so much going on in terms of emotional and physical health, not to mention fatigue, and when the nurses stand over your wife forcing the child's face into her breast you just assume nature will take it's course.

Increasingly, we are learning that our emotional psychology has as physical roots as our bodily health — and how much our experiences as babies and young children, especially, form a foundation that can either be stable and secure, or predispose us to a susceptibility of lifelong difficulties.

Those outcomes were: «low moral internalization, aggression, antisocial behavior, externalizing behavior problems, internalizing behavior problems, mental health problems, negative parent - child relationships, impaired cognitive ability, low self - esteem, and risk of physical abuse from parents.»

In addition to having held several prestigious positions in her field, she founded more than one organization herself, including The Association of Infant Mental Health and EPOCH, (End Physical Punishment of Children).

Hopefully, a thorough history (a discussion of your child's symptoms and overall health) and physical exam will help to target children who may be at risk of health problems while playing sports.

Who knew that there were so many hi - tech gadgets available to help you monitor the health, well - being, and physical whereabouts of your child?

Through their influence, the school health consultants collaborate with multidisciplinary representative specialists across the Division of Public Health and with local communities to promote maximum physical, social, emotional, and educational growth of children and adolescents in the school sehealth consultants collaborate with multidisciplinary representative specialists across the Division of Public Health and with local communities to promote maximum physical, social, emotional, and educational growth of children and adolescents in the school seHealth and with local communities to promote maximum physical, social, emotional, and educational growth of children and adolescents in the school setting.

«It is imperative that we set high standards for the safety and well - being of children and youth in our sports and fitness programs to ensure their physical, cognitive, social and emotional health,» said Donna M. McGrath, with Army CYSS Sports & Fitness Program Manager.

Research shows that unstructured play and interaction with the natural world are important for healthy development in children as well as the physical, mental, and emotional health of both children and adults.

This week a study was released saying when children are disciplined using harsh physical punishment like spanking, they are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, substance abuse and other mental health problems — even if they aren't otherwise abused or maltreated.

This effort is intended to offer an alternative to the prevailing notion in so many schools of success as high academic performance, often at the cost of children's mental and physical health, character and integrity.

When it comes to bullying, we should hold adults to a much higher code of conduct than children since child bullies do not have control over their target's physical or psychological health or future like adults do who may be in the powerful position of teacher or coach.

Remember: for as little or as long as you breastfeed, you are giving your child (ren) a priceless gift of physical and mental health, and a connection that builds a lifetime of love, trust and confidence that will be special to you forever.

«The new science of fatherhood shows that fathers have very strong emotional and even physical connections with their children that are very important for their children's healthy developments and even for lowering their risk of disease and obesity and for supporting their mental health,» he says.

Bryl W, Matuszak K, Hoffmann K. Physical activity of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities - a public health problem.

Information and resources on the physical, mental and emotional health of children can be found on the College website.

In 2015 researchers for the Journal of Physical Activity & Health found that active children who spent more than two hours watching TV each day were just as likely as inactive children were to be overweight or obese.

Although physiatry care naturally begins with addressing your child's physical limitations, our treatment approach centers on planning and helping with every aspect of your child's health and well - being.