10 Tips: Summer/Children/Outdoor Health and Safety

Date May 20, 2009

Here are ten of the most healthful tips from the forty topics posted in the past year:

1. June is the month for maximum sun exposure. In June, in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is closest to Earth, straight above you, and there are more hours of sunshine, all increasing exposure. Weather is generally cooler [...]

10 Tips: The Outdoors is Generally Safe for Children when They are Ill

Date September 6, 2008

Caring for sick children is never child’s play. And the last thing you need is a set of outdated notions about limiting their activities because they are sick.
Here is what you should know:
1. Keeping sick children in bed or “quiet” serves no purpose.
It only makes them more irritable — and irritating. Rest does not [...]