Grandpa Richards Kids

Another great article from my friends at News Canada. Enjoy.

Is your five-year-old worried about getting enough vegetables or exercise? Not likely. If you’re looking for ways to keep your son or daughter healthy and happy, here are some simple ideas:

1. Studies show that by the end of high school, children will have spent 15,000 hours watching TV and only 500 in physical education classes. Limit your child’s TV, computer or video game time to 30 minutes per day.

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Here is some great advice that Grandpa Richard wants to remind all parents about. Please read this article, and the GO DO what it suggests.

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A mother’s worst nightmare, you’ve fallen asleep and your child has gotten into the medicine cabinet.

Kid-proofing your medicine cabinet is key to the health of your children and what better time to tackle this project than when you’re doing your spring cleaning! Checking your medicine cabinet regularly helps you ensure contents are stored safely and you have the right medications on hand to deal with the most common childhood illnesses.

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If like many people you just love stuffed toy animals, there is a new website that will be devoted to them. stuffedtoyanimals.info

It is just a day old, so not much info there yet, but start visiting now and watch as it grows.

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I watched as my son-in-law and grand daughter opened Christmas gifts that involved electronics. Could not believe that my daughter bought her husband a PSP for Christmas. “Won’t he just sit there deep in action, and not hear you talking?” was my question to her.

Then a friend emailed me and shared how her and her children were playing some game on the Wii. She explained to them about a time long ago without electronic games. (horror!!) Instead, she related to them, we played games like kick the can.

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Regular visitors will have noted that I mention toy recalls. I have now added a special food recall section. Just click on the “Food Recalls” link in the title bar of this page.

I purchased a Flip Camcorder the weekend of my grand daughter’s party and “shot” about 45 minutes of video. I finally got to doing the edit portion of the job, and ended up with a 17 minute video. Probably a bit long for a simple home movie, but Jasmine will probably watch it a number of times, despite its length. I could always make a more popular 5 minute version later.

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You know that exercise is good for you, but what about your child? If she is not getting enough exercise, you should take steps to change that today. Exercise is essential to your child’s health. Let’s look at 4 benefits that your child will get from regular exercise:

1. Exercise reduces the risk of obesity. If your child takes part in a regular exercise program, her chances of becoming obese are dramatically reduced. An active child means a healthier child.

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I tend to be a big fan of those small containers of yogurt. When I am done with them, I rinse them out, let them dry, and then put them away. The next time my granddaughter comes over, one activity that we sometimes enjoy together is yogurt container stacking. When she was younger, she had to learn how to stack them properly in order to get them as high as possible. One mistake that she often made is to try and stack the next layer without centering the cups properly. Eventually her wall of yogurt containers would fall over on their own. Once I helped her to understand the proper stacking technique, we would be able to get them as high as possible using all the containers I had. Then what?

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The Great One (hockey’s Wayne Gretzky) has been asked many times, “Do you think my son can make pro?”

Wayne’s answer is always the same, “He’s 15, just enjoy it. Just let him have fun.”

Grandpa Richard heartily agrees. There is too much pressure on young athletes. They need to enjoy their childhood.

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