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Human longevity is not just because of the genes and the power of God, but also how well live. Researchers have discovered how to eat, move and cope with the stress that determines how long people live, as quoted from detikhealth.

A study of 20,000 people in the UK and has been published in the British Medical Journal, show that one can reduce by 50 percent the risk of stroke. The trick is only by doing four things, namely active for 30 minutes a day, eating fruits and vegetables, and avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol.

Parents can reach old age of 100 years with a healthy lifestyle. Still, Thomas Perls of Boston University School of Medicine, believes that assuming a gen aside, there’s nothing stopping your life until the age of 90-years.

Here are 10 habits that Perls used to calculate how long a person can survive, as reported by USNews.

1. Do not stop working Continue reading “10 Ways The often overlooked Longevity”

Energy saving program ‘Earth Hour’, initiated the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) held back. Starting tonight (26/03/2011) at 20:30 to 21:30 local time, houses and offices are encouraged to put out electricity simultaneously for 60 minutes.

The program is expected to be conducted simultaneously in 128 Countries, is an effort to raise awareness of the problem of climate change. It also acts as a form of expression that everyone in a large scale can help change our planet for the better. This action is not only the lights, but also unplug electrical switch of the computer, television, radio, or other electronic devices.

‘Earth Hour’ you can also use as a means of educating the children, to teach the importance of saving energy for the survival of the earth and living things in the future. Therefore, you should participate in the movement of a power cut tonight.

No lights or television programs may make the child bored. Explaining at length about the benefits of this program will surely make your child getting bored. Why not do fun things during power outages?
Continue reading “Fun Activities Kids Together At Power Off”

During the first year, a lot of progress being made babies. Starting from the learning rolling, crawling and sitting up he could stand at the age of about eight months.

Once able to stand alone, the baby will begin to cultivate the confidence to balance position. The average baby start their first steps between the ages of 9-12 months and could run well at 14-15 months. But do not worry if your child takes longer. There are also many children who could just walk in the age of 16-17 months.

When Babies Start Learning the Way?

Reported baby center, at the age of five months, the baby will begin to love jumping when foot is placed on your thigh. Lope will be a favorite activity for several months. Baby’s leg muscles continued to grow as he also began studying roll, sit and crawl.
Continue reading “Parent’s Role When Babies Start Learning Way”

As a parent would you always expect your child to tell the truth. But often it does not match expectations with reality. How do I stop the habit of lying?

According to psychologists from the National University Hospital, Jessie Ooh, children lie for different reasons than adults. “Children pre-school age children can lie because they can not distinguish between fantasy and reality. They love to tell stories that are not real,” he said.

Added Jessie, children pre-school age children do not understand lying is a mistake. “Children lie because they want to be liked or friends or other people they want to look good can work together or with others,” he said.

Whatever the cause, the parents still have to break the habit of lying child. Parents should not lie even though it was a white lie. For example, you claim to have no money when children are too often ask buy toys. Continue reading “4 Things to Do When Children Lie”

Toilet training is so popular term to train the child to the bathroom. When should the exercise was started?

For children and parents, toilet or potty training is one of the important stages. Since infants are accustomed to pee (urinate) or large (BAB) will, now they have to learn to do it in the bathroom.

Some children expressed a desire to learn bowel and bladder in the bathroom at the age of two years. There are also children who do not want to do it even though they were 2.5 years of age or older.

Reported by the Mayo Clinic, no need to start a rush to do toilet training. If children are taught from an early age, it is likely that the stages will be completed much longer.

How do parents know if a child is ready for toilet training or not? Try to answer the following questions:
Continue reading “When Little Taught Start Toilet Training?”

At the present time, not a few women who have become mothers continue to work to help the family finances. Working mothers were so often feel the dilemma, split time for children, families and their jobs.

A British study recently revealed that working mothers can apparently only took 1 hour 21 minutes or 81 minutes to take care of children and families. While mothers who stay at home, have a couple of more times. These women dedicate 2 hours 35 minutes of their time to feed, bathe and play with children.

The above research conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The study also compares the performance of working mothers in the UK with 21 other industrialized nations.

From these studies note, working mothers in Ireland could take 150 minutes to take care of the child. While in Australia, 137 minutes. While working mothers in the United States, Canada, Italy, Sweden and Spain could spend more time with children than mothers to work in the UK. Continue reading “Working Mom Just Got 81 Minutes for Children”

WHO recommends that babies be breastfed exclusively until six months of age. But not a few women who feel the need to give the baby food even though he was not yet six months. What are the risks if the babies were given solid foods too early?

Reported by iVillage, according to a study published Pediatrics, infants who consume formula and solid foods are introduced before the age of four months, will be more at risk of overweight at age three years. While breastfed infants up to six months is not too risky obesity.

“Our study is in line with guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (Pediatric Organizations in the United States), that wait up to four months or longer to introduce solid foods to reduce the risk of obesity,” said researcher Dr. Susanna Y. Huh, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston.

In conducting the study, Susanna and his team examined 847 children and mothers. Women were examined in the study were recorded from them yet spawned and continue to follow developments at least three years. Continue reading “Why Do Baby Solid Foods Too Early given?”

Every human being must never worried about a thing, not least for the children are still small. What can make children feel very worried? The answer will leave you deeply moved.

Apparently most of the kids that he was concerned about the health of the people who loved the parents, grandparents or siblings.

The study was based on the results of a survey of 1154 young men and women who were asked about what could have made him very worried.

As reported by Kidshealth, those loved ones is a very important part in the lives of children.

Because the child will feel worried if something happened to these people, then the child will think who will protect you later, make her breakfast or take care when children are sick. Continue reading “Children Concerns Parents Need to Know”