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This holiday season, there's a good chance you're going to eatyour fill of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pecan pie. And you'llprobably polish it all off with a good cup of coffee. And if you're tempted to feel guilty about chowing down on all yourholiday favorites, maybe this'll make you feel better: Many traditional holiday ...

Halloween may be over, but there’s a good chance you’ve got plenty of Halloween candy lying around your house. Maybe you’ve got a bowl of unclaimed miniature Snickers from trick-or-treat no-shows. Or maybe you simply know where your kids hid their stash of goodies. Either way, you-and your kids-probably have access to lots of sugary ...

The problem has been defined as “voluntarily delaying an intendedcourse of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay.”Sound familiar? Why do we procrastinate? According to one team of experts-made up of Drs.Joseph Ferrari and Timothy Pychyl-and quoted on psychologytoday.com, there are three basic types of procrastinators: 1. Arousal types or thrill seekers ...

Smart Mom’s Toy Box Nationally renowned brain training experts Ken Gibson and Tanya Mitchell have created a free list to help parents shop for toys, games, and brain activities that will help improve their children’s learning skills. “Our hope is that parents will shop wisely for toys this year, purchasing toys that can help develop ...

September is National ADHD Awareness Month, and in their ongoing quest for answers, researchers continue to discover new things about the common diagnosis, estimated to affect up to 16% of school aged children and close to 5% of adults. In the United States alone, roughly 8.8 million adults are thought to struggle with the condition. ...

Overactive, hyperactive, impulsive, rambunctious, wild – any of those describe your child? Whether he’s been diagnosed with ADHD or not, chances are you’ve probably already tried many, many ways to calm him enough so he can focus and learn. Have you tried this one? It’s from LearningRx Vice President of Research and Development Tanya Mitchell ...

Smart Mom’s Toy Box Nationally renowned brain training experts Ken Gibson and Tanya Mitchell have created a free list to help parents shop for toys, games, and brain activities that will help improve their children’s learning skills.(See the bottom of the page for a list of cognitive skills and their descriptions.)“Our hope is that parents ...

Traumatic brain injury. Crushed pelvis. Seventy (70!) days in a coma. John Keller may have survived the horrific motorcycle accident that derailed his life, but his fight for life had just begun. After 14 surgeries and 344 days in the hospital, John Keller was released to go home-but life was anything but normal for the ...

An estimated 45 million kids in the U.S. participate in youth sports every year, and they’re starting younger than ever. Gymnastics classes are available for kids still in diapers and the SoccerTots® franchise caters to kids as young as 18 months. National Youth Sports Week this July 15-21 is designed to draw attention to the ...

11 Summer-Perfect, Family-Friendly, Brain-Boosting Games Our sweetest memories of summertime often include weekends at the lake,camping in the wilderness, or relaxing on the back porch. Bring your familytogether this summer with games! Want to keep your kids’ attentionskills high or improve them over the summer? Are you planning a long roadtrip and need something to ...