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The early stages of a child’s life is very important for cognitive and intellectual development which is why reading with your child isn’t enough; you need to listen and interact completely with them to get the most benefit from it. As an exercise we should always encourage reading to our children because it covers so many important skills that will be learned at an early age.

Early reading with your child is often quoted and proved to be a positive impact on the cognitive development of a child. Here are a few tips for making reading with your child much more impactful. The important thing to remember is that we learn to listen to our children as they read to us.  Read more... (372 words, 3 images, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Recent studies have shown that Amish children living on farms in northern Indiana are less predisposed to contracting allergies and asthma than Swiss farm children. The Amish, most of who are descendants of the Swiss. Seem to be more protected than the European children of common farms according to the study.

Dr. Mark Holbreich, lead research author, acknowledges that they haven’t yet identified what it is that causes this difference in asthmatic and allergic prevalence distinguished between animal-exposed children on both Swiss farms and Amish farms.   Read more... (368 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Becoming a parent is a challenging, exciting process. Once you decorate the new nursery and make space in your home for childrens storage, you’ll feel ready to take on any parenting challenges that come your way! Of course, your kids health will be of the utmost importance to you – raising healthy kids can be difficult in a world where junk food is cheap and sedentary electronic entertainment is so easily accessible.

Below are five basic health tips for kids, to help you raise happy, healthy children:  Read more... (467 words, 1 image, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)