Learning good grooming habits is an important part of growing up. Children should be taught from a very young age how to clean themselves properly and regularly. Kid grooming is a little different than grownup grooming, though. For one thing, kids tend to get into messes that most adults never go near. Mud puddles, tall grass, and sticky sweets are kid magnets and can leave kids dirty from head to toe. Proper hygiene can protect kids from many illnesses that are passed along through contact with bacteria during the day.
Many children can be resistant to washing, but it is the best way to make sure they stay healthy. A regular bath or shower with soap and water is the best way to avoid illnesses and infections that can come from just regular daily life. Be sure to concentrate on cleaning a child’s armpits, neck, behind the ears, and other bodily crevices because these warm, close areas have a tendency to collect bacteria. Kids should bathe daily with soap and a washcloth. There are many soaps available that are made specifically for children because their young skin can be sensitive to harsher soaps.
Parents can make kid grooming a fun daily activity. You can use fun washcloths with animal prints, or let the kids wear washcloth mittens to learn how to wash themselves. There are soaps that are shaped like ABC’s or 123′s that kids love to play with in the bathtub. There are also soaps that can write on tub walls and wash off easily. If kids believe getting clean is fun they will be more likely to continue good hygiene habits as they get older.
Routine is an important aspect of kid grooming. Give the kids a bath at the same time every day so that they begin to expect it. Kids thrive on routine and continuity, and you will find there are far fewer battles about taking a bath if it happens every day in the same way at the same time. About an hour after dinner is a great time for younger children to begin their bath.
Good hygiene doesn’t have to be a daunting task, and it is very important. Give your kids their own combs and let them style their own hair in the mirror after their bath or shower. Fun towels with hoods can even make drying off after the bath an enjoyable game.
Don’t forget the teeth! Kid grooming includes brushing and flossing every morning and night. As with any other part of hygiene the kids need to learn how to do it themselves as a part of their regular routine. Toothbrushes with cartoon characters or funny shaped handles are wonderful for younger kids. There are toothpastes that taste like bubble gum and candy that kids tend to enjoy more than the minty pastes that adults use. Make sure the toothpaste you use has fluoride so that it will protect your children’s teeth as well as clean them. With a little imagination and a good steady routine kid grooming can lead to a lifetime of healthy habits for your child.
Health Fair Day for Kids?
OK. So this guy and me are holding a big Health Fair Day for kids, and so we need ideas on what we should do there. So far we have:
-Money Donations to Children's Hospital
-Books, coloring books, markers, etc. donations
-Silent Auctions
-Fitness and Exercise Movements (a time where an adult is on stage and the kids are on the lower level and they are exercising)
-Games (like carnival like games)
-information booths on things like pediatric cardiac diseases, cancer,etc
-we have face painting too
But we need about 3-4 more ideas…so what do you think?
-Oh and my other questions is how does one get a famous person…people like Bono who sponsor this type of stuff??
See that would be AMAZING like one of the Jonas brothers has Diabetes…but how do I get someone like Nick Jonas
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Let me tell you one thing about SCHIP that most leave out while debating it. This is a program designed to give the power of the program to the states.
If there are states that are enrolling adults and not children I say you take that to the state legislature.
So many republicans campaign on an anti-big government platform and support states rights on most issues. SO the members of congress passed the SCHIP program in 1997 giving individual states the right to control how the handle there own Childrens Insurance Program.
Given the variance of cost of living and income across the country the federal cap on SCHIP has to be set a little high, however each state can set there own cap on the income level one must be able to meet to have a child enrolled in a schip program.
STOP attacking the federal government if you disagree with some of the limitations in the SCHIP program. If you disagree with the way your state is handling the program attack your state legislatures.
i do believe you need a license to run this kind of event. getting the word out is best. as far as anyone famous, i wouldn't hold my breath. it really doesn't sound all that interesting to me. then again, maybe richard simmons.
Parents can limit their time playing for one thing. Kids need to be encouraged to have many interests.
Well unfortunatley your hubby is probably compensating for not having custody of the children, and they have figured out they can and will milk him for all he's got (that his ex isn't already getting!) I think you both need to set a Christmas budget- and stick to it. Then sit down and tell the kids that unfortunatley money is tight, so they need to scale down their Christmas lists. It's not fun, but they need to learn the meaning of Christmas isn't cool, expensive gifts…..maybe refresh their minds on the reals reason for the holiday. Another option (and I know this is a stretch) but depending on his relationship with the kids' mom, would it be an option to go 50/50 on some of these? (I know most cases that isn't an option at all, but you never know…..)
What a wonderful idea!
Even the thought brings back such carefree, happy times.
We used the broom as a horse, tree branches were swords. The local pond was endless hours of swinging on a tire attached to the tree.
Catching frogs, grasshoppers or anything that was a challenge.
That childhood, before computers, cell phones,what to wear, television, and discord.
Thank you..for stirring the old memories up.
And in answer to your question, yes, it was therapeutic.
If only in my mind.
But I do think it made me a better person.
Sounds like someone is stereotyping gamers. I consider myself a gamer and it's true I don't play sports (I just don't want to), I do have plenty of friends and I did great in school.
In Florida they have something called the "Baker Act" that allows family members of an individual to have them involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation, on the grounds that they pose a danger to themselves or others. You may want to contact the closest mental hospital near where she lives, and ask about involuntary commitment statues, such as the Baker Act. It's obvious that she needs a full evaluation and therapy combined with medication.
She should NOT be baby sitting for any child, ever. She may be boderline schizophrenic. I commend you for wanting her to get help. It's a shame that her sister enables this behavior, but maybe their mental affliction is genetic.
Your adult children need to stop being in denial and ally with you to get this woman help. She is a time bomb waiting to go off and when she does, someone may very well end up hurt or dead.
Yes, I would. Can you go stay with your parents or something? You can't control what he does, so all you can do is keep your kids away from it. Tell him you are staying with your parents until he decides to start smoking outside. Be sure to leave him with all the statistics about smoking around children and asthma and ear infections, etc.
ETA: If he has to leave what he's doing to smoke anyway to go into the bathroom or other room, then why can't he just go outside? UGH! I just don't get that. My husband and I smoke, but never in the car and never inside. It's not that hard to step outside and put a jacket on. Sorry, not yelling at you. Just makes me angry to know there are people out there who smoke in the house with kids.
yes and yes, this shows the guy doesn't care about you and your kids, if he cared for you he would stop smoking period. And yelling at you and kids if lost a game is immature and just rude, i am sure there is someone who would not do these things for you just have to look in the right place.
Talk to him if he shows no will to change then he doesnt deserve to be with you.
I would argue an education into how life works would make them value it more.
For rest let them breath in thru their nose and out thru their mouth making blowing sounds.
For exercise you could have jump ropes. They can jump individually, or have two people hold ropes. They can jump fast, slow, run in, or other ways. I have found that boys and girls both like jump roping. It doesn't require much planning or space.
If you want something less active you could set up a bean bag throw. Use hula hoops spaced out for them to throw at. Give small prizes for the ones with the most points.
After they exercise take their pulse, let them put their hand on their heart and feel their heart beat, then again after they rest.
I take it you are not a parent, but a counselor or teacher.
The problem lies with the parent.
The job of educating the child is that of the parent, not the school or the child. The parent has tools at their disposal, such as schools, but the parent cannot simply stick their kid in school and expect them to learn.
For the first 55 years of our lives, we are constantly learning, the rate of learning is much faster when we are young and gradually slows down until you just can't teach an old dog new tricks. So for the first 2 decades we cram as much as we can, or so we think, into our kids heads.
The problem is that the children are 'constantly' learning. They learn when they wake up, they learn when (or if) they eat breakfast, they learn at school, they learn on the bus ride home, they learn while watching TV, at the supper table, and playing video games.
Learning is not confined to school, though many parents would like to think so.
Parents have gotten lazy. The TV, video games, and the computer have become the 'nannies'. The children learn more from them then they do from school, and more from anything rather than their parents.
Parents that send their children to your office, need to understand that everything they expose their child to they learn from. They learn how to read and write, and how to say cuss words, (and spell them), how to kill people, and the best kind of topping for a pizza by what the parents expose their children to. What they don't learn, is what they are not exposed to. Many children are not learning how to interact with real people, how to run, how to hit a ball, or jump a fence.
Focus on school has to come from the parents. If the parents prefer to let 'World of Warcraft' teach their kids, then that is what the kids will learn. If the parents teach their children how to add exponents at home, and let the school reinforce thier teachings….. then that is what the kids will learn.
I think that this like many other things that have come and gone in the past years is unfortunatly not a cure. People are always claiming that a diet or something is going to cure autism. I work with children with autism and I've never heard about this working. I know 5 years ago when they thought vaccines may be causing autism it was all over the news. I think if it did it would be on the news and all over the place – because a cure for autism would be a big deal. This may be a good treatment for some children but I don't think cure is the right word. (This of course is just my personal opinion and it would never hurt to try a new treatment)
Sorry dear, but you are 100% in the fault. You KNOW from experience about the kiddy thing; YOU have encouraged thier belief that you enjoy being with their ( and other's) brats by attending kiddy functions in the past. It's time for you to stand up for yourself, don't whine to us! You come across as an intelligent person, who needs a wake-up slap. (this is it)
Stop attending these "functions" when the kids are dominate. If you go and are "bored" LEAVE. That entails taking out your car keys, walking to the car, starting the engine and driving away; hopefully to an adult venue. The pre-occupied parents may not even miss you, but if they do and ask, be honest.
If these are your only friends, then try to cultivate relationships with others having more similar tastes to your own.
What really annoys me is that people like you give these arrogant, self-centered parents the idea that we all should just love being in the presence of their brats. I don't. And, I find more often than not the kids are brats, and the adults don't have control.
My son has NF type 1
Your son is healthy and normal, try not to worry too much, it'll be a long road after the diagnosis depending on the severity.
If you want to know anymore or have questions email me
recess is a very healthy fun playtime for kids. it becomes a time for them to communicate and play with their peers. it is sad that recess only lasts till 5th grade but then in middle school they start gym so that basically occurs it but i do feel all schools should allow recess or atlest being able to go outside during gym.
Charities exist to help families such as yours. Let them know of your plight, and they will help with Christmas, and perhaps with other things as well.
http://catholiccharitiesswo.org/
(This one is for Southwestern Ohio, so if you're in another part, contact them and ask for contact info for the one in your area.)
http://www.use.salvationarmy.org/use/www_use_neosa.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/E948205380C11CE38025730C006143F1?openDocument
The Salvation Army collects money every year to give to families at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Call and let them know you're in need.
You do not have to be of the same faith to receive help form a religion-based charity. Check your local Yellow Pages in the Social Services section for others.
If you have not already done so, apply for food stamps and other benefits with your welfare office. (Hard to find the right website, but this mught be it.)
https://secure.thebenefitbank.com/ums?task=locator
Also, take a moment and just check to see if you or your husband have any unclaimed funds. It's free to check, and who knows? Maybe you'll find a forgotten bank account or refund. http://www.com.state.oh.us/unfd/treasurehunt.asp
If either of you ever lived in other states, check the unclaimed funds for those states as well.