Super Parents Talk

How to Avoid Kids’ Blood Sugar “Spike and Crash”
by Missy Chase Lapine
 Kids love roller coasters. Moms don’t — well, at least not the ones that take place inside our homes! I’m talking about the “spike and crash” syndrome that describes the rapid ups and downs of children’s blood sugar levels when they eat too much [...]

Stepdads: Don’t Compete With the Child’s Father
Written by Ken Canfield
Orville is about to become a stepfather, and he wrote to me with a question: the 8-year-old son of his fiancée minds his father very well, but wreaks havoc at home. “What should I do?” Orville writes.
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New study shows merits of hiding healthy foods in kids’ meals
by Missy Chase Lapine
 On May 1, 2007 a new Pennsylvania State University clinical study — conducted by Dr. Barbara Rolls and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — was released. The study showed that sneaking vegetables into children’s meals reduces their consumption of calorie-dense [...]

Patience
Written by Ken Canfield
What’s the one thing that all dads of infants and preschoolers need?At the National Center, we isolated one hundred men in the early stages of fathering and asked them, “What is the biggest struggle you face in wanting to be a good dad?” The two most common answers were A) the sacrifice of [...]

According to a recent study that was published in the journal Science, evidence suggest firstborn children may be smarter. The findings were interesting although personally I am not so sure as to how accurate the findings could be. I think there are many outside influences that could contribute to higher IQ’s in certain children. Outside [...]