Saturday, May 8, 2010

How can the classroom teacher promote childrenâ€™s health outside the school environment

How can the classroom teacher promote childrenâ€™s health outside the school environment?

Teaching - 2 Answers
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Depends on the age of the children. Young kids like coloring sheets that describe good self care like hand washing, brushing teeth, cover mouth when cough, etc. Sometimes there is a free coloring book available from many Public Health Centers and coloring sheets are free on the web. Scores of books are available at the library to get you started. With older kids it gets a bit harder to teach and depends on what areas you want to cover but self care is important at all ages. Amazon has a book available that covers teaching good health and hygiene in one. If you search the web, it is also recommended for homeschoolers as well. here is site with teachers plan.
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How about a unit on nutrition, ending with healthy snacks. The kids could take turns sharing their favorite healthy snack by presenting a recipe card. If possible the kids could provide their favorite snack for the rest of the class to try. Here are some healthy snack ideas: http://www.k12schoolsupplies.net/Healthy-Snacks-p/cpb0736869271.htm Then compile all the recipe cards and make a cookbook which they can use at home.

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Has the laws changed on how long you can cover your children on your health insurance

Has the laws changed on how long you can cover your children on your health insurance?
I've been told you can now cc until they turn 22 even if they are not in school, unless they have a full time job and their own insurance. I'm not sure if this is only for certain insurance companies or if it is across the board. I'm going to contact my husband's insurance but before I do I was wondering if anyone here knew the answer... Thanks! One other thing, my son dropped out of school and is turning 18 this month - is he done on our insurance at that time? Thanks!
Insurance - 3 Answers

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No they must be a full time student
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Laws vary by state, however most that allow young adults to be added to their parents policy are for un-married dependent children,
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It depends on your state. Insurance is largely regulated at the state level.
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No federal law has changed, but check with your state.

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

At what point do you think the effort to stall sexual developement in children, damages a child's wellbeing

At what point do you think the effort to stall sexual developement in children, damages a child's wellbeing?
Our society goes to great lengths to give children, and young people, a negative impression of sex and sexuality. Do you think this has any negative effects, generally, on a child's overall mental health - or adult psychology?
Parenting - 2 Answers
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I think a lot of things go to "damaging" children's wellbeing. I don't necessarily believe stalling their sexual development damages them so much that it shelters them from reality. Kids will find out one way or the other about sex. They're naturally curious as babies. They touch themselves, touch adults, ask "what's that" when mommy is standing there naked and her boobs on display. They know there are differences. Hiding those things from a child only makes them want to know more sooner. Kids today are actually exposed to sex too much. Girls model themselves after models who are less than a size 0 on the runway. They watch Miley Sirus dancing around in a leotard on stage like a slut _____ (or insert better word if you'd like). You have to have boundaries with kids. You have to be able to teach them right and wrong while teaching them about sex. They have to know that models aren't reality and that sex isn't always what it's made out to be. Girls getting pregnant at 12, 13, 14? "Teen Mom", "Pregnant at 16"? Do these shows help, hinder or hurt our kids sexuality? I believe parents should allow their kids to develop and learn, but slowly. They shouldn't hit puberty and be let free into the world to start having sex. They should still be monitored closely and talked to daily and told things they need to know rather than kids having to learn on their own at school.
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I would say there are two categories here. First the type of sexual behaviour that's all models, Miley Cyrus tramping around stage (like somebody said before me), porno, padded bras for little girls and all that. But then there's the other one - that's just kids touching themselves, couples having sex, teens having urges, kids asking questions and learning the facts of life. I'd say that it's perfectly fine for parents to give a negative impression to the first kind of sex but if they try to keep their kids from knowing the other kind that's going a bit far because there's nothing wrong with sex if you're doing it for the right reasons.

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