Tag: children

  • Zoned Out!

    Zoned Out!

    Sara Wiseman asks “Are your kids zoned out by overstimulating children’s media?” Three well-studied elements—nature, music and laughter—create powerful physiological changes that help kids relax. Parents and grandparents are always seeking ways to help kids wind down. Yet so often the common choice: putting on a movie—actually stresses kids out more. That’s because most mainstream…

  • Confidence building for children and young people

    Confidence building for children and young people

    Intuitive Horse is based at New Coghurst Farm near Hastings, East Sussex. It is a family run farm – hay making, sheep grazing and the Intuitive Horse work make up daily life at the farm.   Intuitive Horse is Equine Assisted Personal Development and was developed through a combination of Emma’s (owner and founder) own…

  • child obesity plan

    child obesity plan

    Responding to the publication of the UK Government’s Child Obesity Plan, Professor Neena Modi, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said:   “The UK had an opportunity to be a world leader in protecting infants, children and young people against obesity and a host of related crippling, life-long non-communicable diseases. I…

  • Who wants beautiful, brilliant, healthy children?

    Who wants beautiful, brilliant, healthy children?

    Every child born has the potential to be healthy, beautiful and happy. Sadly we’ve all been misled by many myths that need to be swept away with reason and research. These thought patterns go deep into our subconscious and are not easily removed. I speak with personal experience on this matter; trained as an osteopath…

  • Back to School Remedies

    Back to School Remedies

    Your essential guide to the latest and most effective back to school remedies. It’s September, the new school year has just begun and you are already juggling complex after-school schedules and conjuring up novel lunch box ideas that won’t disappoint. But with the new school term, comes those perennial classroom health horrors every parent dreads.…

  • Fussy eater

    Fussy eater

    As a parent I was adamant that I was going to do all the right things when it came to getting my daughter to eat fruit and vegetables and not become a fussy eater! There was and still is so much much confusion about when to introduce foods, what type of foods, whether to puree…