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Back-to-School Wellness Tips to Keep Kids Healthy by Ronica O’Hara
After a year dealing with the ups and downs of panHold a family sit-down demic-era schooling, many parents are anticipating Meet as a group to talk about schedules and logistics to their children’s return to school with mixed emotions. make sure everyone’s commitments will work together, “Families indeed have had a rough time in the pandemic, recommends Erika Beckles Camez, Ph.D., a licensed resulting in increased food insecurity, weakened sofamily therapist in Temecula, California. “Talk as a famcial skills, splintered attention spans due to constant ily about how everyone feels about going back to school multitasking and arguments over screen time, yet many and intentionally tell your student that throughout the families also feel that they grew closer together as they year if they are needing support or are feeling overcoped with the adversity,” says Jenifer Joy Madden, auwhelmed or concerned, they can always talk to you to thor of How To Be a Durable Human. work through the issue together,” As we wave our children off to she says. Children need healthy, classes, we can draw on those whole-food, nutritious snacks hard-won, deeper ties by taking Reset bedtime creep steps to ensure our children’s after school to fuel both their “During the summer, bedtime health and well-being. Here are tends to creep later and later. Two bodies and their brain. some suggested strategies: 26
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