The Following are Dr. Smo’s links to interesting articles about children and child health for the week of 7/10/18

Article #1-  Looking for some guiding principles to help boost your parenting skills? Here they are compliments of the blogger known as “treehugger”.

https://www.treehugger.com/family/5-ways-be-awesome-parent.html

Article #2- Have the Finnish parents figured out the secret to creating resilient children? Some think so. See how Finnish parents promote intelligence and self dependence in their children.

https://www.mother.ly/child/raising-resilient-kids-the-finnish-way

Article #3- I thought this article might be an interesting jumping off point for parents to teach their children how to use old fashion methods of navigation in case of an emergency. Why not have some summer outings and try out these navigation tricks with your kids. It will be both fun and instructive. No smartphone required.

https://www.popsci.com/navigate-without-tools-or-phone

Article #4- Learn how to avoid added sugar in your children’s diet with the help of the authors at popular science magazine.

https://www.popsci.com/avoid-added-sugar

Article #5- Sounds like you should believe a study that involves 290 million people. Right? Here is their conclusion: The closer one lives to green spaces, the healthier one is. Extremely relevant for your children and you as well.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180706102842.htm