Everyday we read about new claims of certain foods preventing this disease or that. Recently we are reading about foods once thought to be healthy, such as margarine with trans fat to be a very harmful alternative to natural butter. Even strenuous exercise has been found to be less effective in prolonging life than good old walking. In the end, the only safe recommendation any doctor or nutritionist can provide is to eat a balanced diet and exercise in moderation.

As they say, what’s good for the body is good for the mind. While researchers study the learning process and theorize about how the mind works, the only point we can all agree on is that for the mind to reach its full potential, it must be exercised just like your body.
A golfer swings his club from the same side repeatly, strengthening a certain group of muscles on one side of his or her body. That golfer must do exercises to strengthen his core muscles and those on the opposite side to prevent injury and provide balance.

Even though his passion is golf, an elite golfer recognizes that developing this balance allows him to excell at his craft. And so it goes with the development of the mind’s of children. Young children all have a dream of what they want to “be” when they grow up. This is the “passion” that is so important in life, the fuel, the raison d’etre. It could be their career, it could be a sport, a hobby or their family. But keep in mind that just as we go through phases in our lives, we also develop new passions along the way.

Providing a balance in your children’s lives will allow them to develop their passion from a wide spectrum. Take a moment to quantify the time spent on reading, sports, arts, math and science to ensure that they’ll be driving straight into the future.

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Ted Moryto is an engineer, father and owner of Brain Waves Educational Toys

I always hear people saying it’s completely normal for a toddler that age (18 months) to be mega hyper and constantly on the go. But I know plenty of people with that aged children and I go to plenty of groups and kids places or whatnot and regularly see many different children that age, and I have never met another one as constantly active as my son. Also people I meet or know who have children regularly comment on how they’ve never seen anything like it. As I said he’s 18 months, and he just never stops. I mean he never sits and plays, never. He constantly has to be running around, I see other babies that age sitting on their mum’s knee and find it so shocking – I honestly cannot remember the last time my son sat on my knee without wriggling away a split second later. He doesn’t sit, he never really learnt to sit with his legs out like normal babies do, he just completely skipped that stage – went from lying on his back to crawling to walking. He CAN do it now because when he wakes up in the morning occasionally he sits for a second before standing up, but he never does it otherwise. I absolutely hate going round to people’s non-babyproofed houses because I can never have an enjoyable time, I know it’s always going to be hard work but there are no five minute respites while he stops to play with something, he is just running around and getting into things from the moment we get there to the moment we leave. We go to a soft play centre regularly and he’s the only one there who doesn’t stop and play with the stuff, he just runs around the whole place trying to get things off tables or trying to get into the kitchen or the bins. We also go to quite a large toddler group and they’re all between the ages of 1 and 2 and there is rhyme and song time at the beginning and the end where we all sit in a circle, and out of about 30 babies my son is the only one who will never sit down, so I’m just sitting there alone like a mug doing the rhymes and actions while my son runs around the room and all the other babies are on their mum’s knee! And if I try and hold him in place he fights and screams. Literally, with the exception of his short nap if he has one, he just does not stop no matter where we are or what we’re doing, from the moment he wakes up until the moment he goes to bed. I see my friend’s children that age stopping and sitting on a knee or sitting to play with toys for a few minutes and am so envious! Well that’s that off my chest! I’m not asking for a solution, it’s just who he is, and I’d prefer him to be like that than at the other end of the scale I guess. Just wondering if anybody else had a baby as non-stop as my son as I’m beginning to wonder if I literally have the most manic kid alive! (And no I don’t feed him sugary stuff or anything in his diet which would be causing it – already thought of that!)
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Open Question: My dog has a black spot on one of her teeth?
is this some type of cavity? she doesnt seem to be in any pain and eats, chews on her toys with no problem. i try to brush her teeth but she tries to bite my hand off when i do.she only eats canned because shes on a special diet so switching to dry isnt an option. i do plan on asking the vet about the spot next month when she goes for a checkup – i’m just wondering if anyone has dealt with this with their dog. thanks:)
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Open Question: SCAVENGER HUNT CLUES THAT RHYME?
For an 11 year old girl’s birthday party, I need 12 clues that are 1-3 sentences long, and also rhyme. The hunt will be outside, so be sure to incle the words- shed, pool, poolbox, swingset, swing, slide, tire swing, stairs to basement, back door, basketball hoop, road fence, pool generator, chair, banana, and beach toys. Thanks!
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