Helping Parents Succeed
The key thing to a teen losing weight is to have much healthier habits. Today, teenage obesity is a growing problem, and there is plenty you can do as a parent in order to help your teen with any weight problems he may have.
Although there is no magic formula to helping your teen lose weight, the real key to succeeding is by helping them to lead a healthier kind of life that they can then carry on into adulthood.
It’s hard to find a book on spiritual parenting that can be used by any parent of any faith. A book that can be applied universally regardless of religion.
But one book really stands out and it’s The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents by Deepak Chopra.
In fact, before that, Deepak wrote a highly successful book called The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Many readers wrote in and said as much as they liked the book, they wished they learned this when they were young.
Every parent beams with joy and pride whenever his or her child reads a sentence successfully.
Little Sue-Ann, a 3-year old, has just brought home her first reader from kindergarten. She proudly reads aloud to her parent and the next thing you know, her beaming parent asks Sue-Ann how to spell a particular word. Obviously Sue-Ann’s reply will be, “I don’t know.” That poor 3-year old is feeling a little sad and discouraged for not being to “spell” and without being spared, the parent questions her child again, “How come you don’t know?”
It takes time and requires a lot of self-discipline. Start each month with the balance and enter every payment, etc in advance, in the form of a calendar. It works well for most people due to the fact that they always have their actual working balance handy. Remember the comment about having your financial information at your fingertips? Here is a sure-fire way to get you on that path quickly.
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With music pumping in the background, the kids in Terry Wade's physical education class are in constant motion, going from sit-ups to jumping jacks to curls with light weights.
After their 45-minute session, the sixth-graders who are sweating the most, or as Wade calls it, "burning butter," get stickers.
"My main goal and emphasis is getting these kids up and moving," said Wade, who teaches at Northrich Elementary in the Richardson school district in suburban Dallas. "It's 'Can this kid do this for a lifetime?' I don't care how good they are. I care if they're having fun."
Instead of team sports, Wade and other physical education teachers across the country are focusing more on individual activities that students can incorporate into their lives long after their school days are over.
Experts say the shift also helps gym teachers include children who are struggling with their weight. With individual activities, overweight students can work at their own pace, and not be left on the sidelines. And they can take part in lower impact activities like weightlifting, yoga or martial arts.
Full report: PE: Focus on Exercise, Not Team Sports