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3 Mistakes Parents Make With Their Kids Health and Fitness
Posted by admin in Eye Health, Kids Health on October 7, 2011
As a youth fitness and performance coach as well as a personal trainer in Singapore, I see many kids and youth athletes each year. I also meet their parents so that we can work together to get the best possible results for the kids. Here are 3 common mistakes that parents commonly make when trying to maximize their child’s growth and future health.
Too little activity
Over the past 10 years working as a personal trainer and sports performance coach in Singapore, I have found that the most challenging clients to work with are those who did not do much physical activity in their youth. Your child’s coordination is developed before the age of 12 and if it is not done, it will never be. However I see too many children whose parents either don’t know or don’t care for physical education or activity. These children end up being poor at physical tasks, less likely to enjoy them and less likely to do well in them and carry them on to adulthood. Not encouraging physical activity in your child is a good way to make him or her a fat, obese and unhealthy adult. Read the rest of this entry »
Are You Sure You Have Kids Health Insurance Coverage?
Posted by admin in Health Insurance, Kids Health on October 7, 2011
It should almost go without saying that your kids need health insurance coverage. Children and teenagers are acclimating their bodies to the diseases that they will come across almost every day for the rest of their lives, and as they go through these things, their bodies create the things that can fight them off in the future. In addition, kids are just naturally prone to having more accidents like broken arms and such due to having a lifestyle that is much more active, as they prove to themselves over and over again that they are not invulnerable.
But with all that said, it is truly alarming to read recent reports that indicate that more than 3% of the children and teenagers in the US either do not have kids health insurance or have had their health insurance lapse for an appreciable period of time over the course of the year. And this fact remains even after realizing that most of these kids have at least one parent with their own or employer-provided health insurance. If you care to do the math, that is about three million uninsured kids. Read the rest of this entry »