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Issue: #33
August 6, 2012


Volume 2, Letter 33

 

August 6, 2012 

 

As our kids head off to school, many are off to new schools and even college.  As parents we need to be present moment with them as they engage this new period of life.  They may have serious trepidation and frank fear about the new environment or leaving home.  Here are some tips for helping your kids cope with school changes.

 

For the younglings - 


Start routine development 1 week before school begins:

1) Get them up at the appropriate wake up time for school and have a regular breakfast every morning.  Make sure it contains carbohydrates, fats and protein for a sustained brain experience.  For example, eggs, whole grain toast and fruit.  A pure carbohydrate breakfast, like a pop tart and orange juice, is a recipe for inattention and failure.  

2) Get them to bed at the regular school year time.

3) Stop screen time from Sunday night at 5pm until Friday night at 5 pm.  Help their brains focus again on reading and scholastic activities.

4) Take a dry run to the school to let them know what it will feel like.

5) Give your kids a quiet area of the house to do homework and read. This could be in their room or a study room elsewhere in the house.  

 

6) Have your kids involved in the school lunch process.  Have them help pick HEALTHY meals.  

 

7) Put a positive note in your child's lunch box to brighten their day. This is great for the older kids as well.  (even if they don't act like they like it)

 

8) Read a back to school book to them.

 


For the older kids - This time is all about supporting their quest to find out who they truly are!

1) Talk about your experiences with high school and college.

2) Let them know that you are here to listen in the first few weeks to their stresses and fears. 

 

3) Work hard on healthy meals for them to maintain a focused mind.

 

4) Help them to understand that being who they genuinely are is the key.  Being someone else or trying to please others through faking, lying or other will always catch up to them.  Praise their strengths and help them understand how you dealt with tough adolescent situations.  This makes you real in their eyes and will open them up to conversations that can heal them.  

 

5) Give them the freedom to grow, but be there when they stumble. 

 

6) Encourage them to get 8-10 hours of sleep a day and sleep in on Saturday if they need extra rejuvenating sleep.  This is especially true for our student athletes.  

 

7) Never stop encouraging them to pleasure read!

 

8) Never skip breakfast.

 

 

My take home point today: Be prepared ,

  

  

Keep enjoying summer until it is gone,

 

  

Dr. Magryta

 
Thoughts - nothing more
 
Next week I am going to discuss Olympic diets.  My senior partner, Wayne Koontz, once told me that when he asked a 100 high school male athletes if they would use steroids, they answered yes even with the known risks.  The glory of success and pride with sport is too great to walk away from.  
 
Now in the drug testing era, athletes are having to find other ways to be the best.  As always, diet becomes the most important.  Olympic athletes have embraced diet as means to success.  
 
We need to take our cues from them to be our best.
 
Till next week,
 
Dr. M


 
Recipe of the Week

Sample school lunch box

Cup of soup - preferably home made.  If not, use lower sodium varieties.
1 piece of whole grain toast
Fresh cut fruit or raw veges with a dip - guacamole, hummus or ranch.
1 Cup of plain Greek yogurt with fresh fruit to place in for flavor.
Snack bag with popcorn as a treat.

Other substitutions:
Sandwich with salmon/mayonaise or last night's left over chicken/turkey rolled in a tortilla with kids choice condiments.
A few squares of dark chocolate.
Frozen bananas dipped in chocolate are a nice treat.  
A healthy bar like Larabar, Kind bar, Clif bar C bars.


Here comes school,

Dr. M

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Copyright � 2010-2012 Christopher J. Magryta, MD. Readers, please note: The information provided in this newsletter is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for advice and treatment provided by your physician or other healthcare professional and is not to be used to diagnose or treat a health issue.


 


Chris Magryta
Salisbury Pediatric Associates
Touchstone Pediatrics