 A Teachable Moment:
School Lunch shold be healthy and yummy!
While conducting research for my new book, Dr. Susan's Fit and Fun Family Action Plan, I discovered that parents struggle with how to pack a healthy school lunch that their kids will actually eat! I found that often moms and dads avoid - or give in to - whining, temper tantrums, or begging, so that school lunch becomes a sugar-stuffed, fat-filled, no-protein meal.
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 Spanking may lower kids' IQ
A recent survey of over 17,000 students in 32 countries found that the higher the percentage of parents who used corporal punishment, the lower the national IQ. Then when the researchers followed a group of kids just in the U.S. for four years, they found that those who were spanked had lower I.Q.'s than those who weren't! There are different theories for this, but a prior study shows that when children are in negative, stressful situations, the neural pathways in their brain become impaired. One more strong reason for NOT using corporal punishment (spanking, pinching, pushing, hair-pulling, etc).
If you feel really angry and you want to control yourself:
- Give yourself a time-out (take a walk/drive, go to your room) to calm down.
- Give your child a time-out to put some space between you.
- Ask a partner, babysitter, relative, to handle the situation--even temporarily.
- Have a list of non-physical consequences written down, so you don't have to think of one when you're really angry--because you'll be more likely to resort to spanking.
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