Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the descriptive label given to an ever-increasing number of children – especially boys – who have trouble fitting into the school system and disrupt family life. Complaints about their behavioral “problems” include hyperactivity, poor attention span, lack of concentration, disruptiveness, clumsiness, recklessness, defiance, and irritability. As I wrote in [...]
Summertime can be simple and fun without exploiting Nature, damaging the environment, worrying about your family’s health and stressing you out. Here are some articles from Natural Life Magazine’s archives to help.
Researchers at Princeton University have found that rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same. In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides.
A preview of Natural Life Magazine’s May/June 2010 cover and table of contents.
For the Sake of Our Children is a new book about home birth, natural parenting, respectful parenting and unschooling, written from the perspective of a father.
Mothers have been carrying their babies in slings for millennia. It is safe, and highly beneficial to both babies and moms. But now, based on a few deaths resulting from the use of one style of baby carrier, the US government is apparently preparing to issue a warning about the use of baby slings in general. However there are many safe slings on the market and safe babywearing is highly beneficial to both infants and parents.
Are we doing enough to solve climate change so we won’t have to apologize to our children for allowing the beauties of the north to be destroyed?
A new study has found that children as young as three can recognize brands and logos, especially for fast food chains. This is good news for marketers, but not for children and families, as a variety of problems can be traced to marketing to kids.
Yoga is a great way for kids to stay stress-free and fit, just as it is for adults.
Phthalates – chemical softeners added to plastics to make them pliable – have been linked to symptoms of ADHD in children.