To My Colleagues

To My Colleagues

Don't ever be afraid to seek help when you truly need it. We don't enter college as geniuses, and we don't leave college as geniuses. We leave as learners, who are determined to succeed. “Keep on teaching”.

Erich Fromm: Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?

Healthy Children

Physical activity of children seems to be the hot topic of conversation of everyone around the world. We need to care for our health early on and continue throughout life. We know from research that physical activity of infants and young children support healthy brain development and helps children become successful learners. We can do this by engaging children in healthy habits such as what we eat and how often we exercise.

   However accessing a child to find out if they are healthy or not depends on how often they have access to health clinics or doctors. Yes there are required times in school age children to have physicals and blood work before entrance into certain grades, but, how often they are seen in between is also very important for access their overall health. Health care is an issue for many different countries, as well as the United States.

These are just some interesting things I found as I researched this topic:

Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, Trends 1963-1965 Through 2007-2008

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_child_07_08/obesity_child_07_08.htm

 Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_250.pdf

Why Do School Aged Children Need Health Insurance?

http://familiesusa2.org/assets/pdfs/school-kids-need-insurance.pdf