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Want to adopt healthy habits for yourself? Spread the love! Helping your kids to eat better, stay active, and practice good financial habits is a winner for everyone. For starters, it's simply good parenting to model the behaviors you want your children to adopt. More than that, involving the whole family...

Sad but true: THREE TIMES as many U.S. children are obese today as 30 years ago. Childhood obesity is just one part of the bigger obesity epidemic affecting the United States, but it's particularly troubling when you consider that: Children and adolescents have a hard enough time getting a good education...

Summer vacation from school is supposed to be idyllic, but the Norman Rockwell world of lazy days at the swimming hole is long gone. Now, too many children spend their summers parked in front of a TV, computer, or video-game screen, eating a bad diet and seldom leaving the couch. And if you're "lucky...

Halloween is just around the corner -- which means it's time to plan ahead for how you'll handle trick-or-treating. I suggest that you do this planning two ways, first for how you'll handle the candy that your kids bring home, and second for what you will give out to the trick-or-treaters...

Physical education was NOT my favorite class. I was a gawky kid who wore corrective shoes in elementary school; I was never tall, fast, or agile; and there were just too many chances for me to flub something in the regimented sports and drills that made up much of my P.E. experience. I'm pleased...