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Children’s Health: Sleeping Soundly
Are you feeling frustrated with your efforts to settle your children at night? Is your child waking more frequently? Sleeping difficulties in children are one of the most common concerns raised by parents.

Fit Kids
A healthy child becomes a healthy adult. As parents we must steer our children away from the dangers of inactivity and keep them fit by leading them into a more active lifestyle.

Poisoning
Symptoms of poisoning vary considerably depending on the substance. Swallowing corrosive substances found in drain and toilet cleaners causes severe *burns in the throat and esophagus. If the substance was strong enough and the amount substantial, shock can develop quickly.

PBDEs
Many of us are familiar with DDT and thinning eggshells, and we may have heard about the dangers of PCBs. But most of us are unaware that another group of ubiquitous and toxic chemicals is in our midst.

What’s Eating Our Kids?
Common sense tells us that what’s eating our kids is what they’re eating. If they eat junk food, they will have junk bodies and junk feelings. An overburdened liver must struggle to detoxify the synthetic ingredients in processed food; a malnourished brain is more susceptible to the neurotoxic effect of “excitotoxins” (MSG and aspartame) that lead to emotional and neurological imbalance.

Genius at Work?
Creating a functional study area in children’s bedrooms won’t guarantee them a future Nobel Prize, but it should make homework less of a chore. Good design is easy to achieve, and inexpensive, too.

Growing Up Green
For many earth-aware parents, the birth of a child sparks the shift from green thinking to eco-action. Perhaps having a baby puts a face to the future generations affected by our environmental choices, or maybe concerns for our children’s health simply lead to a greener way of thinking.