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ADHD and Food

Many times, I have protested against the inflation in ADD and ADHD diagnosis. I believe way too many kids are labeled with ADD or ADHD when there is some other explanation for their behavior. In this post, I want to share with you some things you can do to greatly help kids with learning difficulties and perhaps un-label them.

The good news: changing the kids’ diet can help!

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Published: February 12, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing Tags: attention deficit / add / adhd, behavior / discipline, health / wellbeing, diet, special education, how to, hyperactive, food

How to Choose the Perfect Baby Name

There are many reasons to choose a name for a baby. My dad used to say the kids make their name special and it does not really matter what name it is. If Mom and Dad love the kid, their love will be expressed every time they call his or her name.

For a name to be perfect, it needs to fulfill the parents’ needs. When the name fulfills their needs, the parents feel they have made a perfect decision.

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Published: February 6, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Babies / Maternity Tags: needs, baby / babies, practical parenting / parents, how to, choice, beliefs, identity, family planning, family matters, pregnancy

Happy Wish List for a Happy Year

Wow, it is already 2009 and I hope you have a huge list and many wishes for the new year. Every year, Gal and I sit with the kids and write lists of wishes and goals for the year to come. It is a ceremony that is most important to me and I nag until we find time to sit and write our wishes down.

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Published: January 15, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development Tags: motivation, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, goals / goal setting, focus, vision, how to, happiness

Healthy Eating by Shock Treatment

Unless there is something wrong with them, all parents want their kids to be healthy and eat well. With so many supermarkets and so many items on the shelves that are mostly processed, full of food colors, additives and lots of sugar, keeping your kids healthy is not easy. Not easy, but more important than ever!

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Published: January 12, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing Tags: fat, overweight, lifestyle, kids / children, diet, health / wellbeing, body image, practical parenting / parents, communication, how to, fear, choice

How to Start the New Year with a Clean House

Every year, people go through some form of cleaning. Cleaning gives a good refreshing feeling of a new start. As if the old and the dirty is an obstacle to moving forward. Cleaning the house is a task that not many people like. Parents find it necessary, but it takes away very important and valuable family time.

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Published: December 11, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing Tags: practical parenting / parents, home / house, how to, motivation, lifestyle, health / wellbeing

Buying Happiness by Giving

Money, whether you like it or not, can buy happiness. Is it better being poor and healthy or rich and sick? I believe the healthy and rich is the better option and I bet you do too.

A recent research has looked for the link between money and happiness and has found out that we can indeed buy happiness, but we get the happiness when we spend our money on someone else.

This post is part 5 of 10 in the series Happily Wealthy Family

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Published: December 2, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Spirituality, Success / Wealth Tags: spiritual, positive attitude tips, focus, kids / children, money, emotional intelligence, practical parenting / parents, how to, choice, happiness, wealth

How to Help Kids with Writing

If you are a teacher or a parent of a child who struggles with writing, here are some things you can do to help make life easier for them. Remember, they do not need to be labeled. They do not need a stamp of “Dyslexia” or “ADHD”. If you find they are struggling, lend them a helping hand and change some of the classroom rules to suite their need.

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Published: November 25, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: teaching / teachers, school, dyslexia, how to, k-12 education, academic performance, kids / children, attention deficit / add / adhd, education / learning, practical parenting / parents

How to Raise Food-Smart Kids

These days, when children’s eating habits have led to an increase in obesity, parents’ responsibility to raise food-smart children has increased too.

It is the quality or the nutrition in the food we give our kids, coupled with the teaching of good habits, that will determine our kids’ health as children and later as grownups.

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Published: October 21, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing Tags: food, fat, overweight, lifestyle, family matters, obesity, diet, kids / children, how to, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, choice, health / wellbeing, practical parenting / parents, change

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Father and son in the same pose

This week, I have read (again) an alarming statistic about the rate of divorce and the devastating effect of divorce on children. When I think about my parents, I know I need to thank them in every way I can for being able to handle all the conflicts between them and reach their 50th anniversary.

Conflicts between parents are inevitable. After all, Mom and Dad are two separate people, coming from different backgrounds and sharing life together – a house, romance, kids and finances – in hope of making it the best experience ever.

In research done in 1982 (R.E. Emery) and 1990 (E. Mark), it was found that even young kids are strongly hurt by their parents’ conflicts. It is actually possible to measure parents’ anger through their kids’ psychological, behavioral an emotional state. When I worked with groups of 2-4 year-olds, I could tell when there was tension at home or when one of the parents was away from home.

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Published: July 8, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 17, 2021In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage, Kids / Children Tags: conflict, positive attitude tips, kids / children, education / learning, communication, practical parenting / parents, focus, emotional intelligence, how to, role model, relationships / marriage

Hush Little Baby – Good Sleeping Habits for Kids

Sleeping little girl with stuffed bunny

When my daughter was born, I did not attend a sleeping school to learn about good sleeping habits. Sure enough, we were so excited with the arrival of the new baby that we tried to spend every second with her. When she was 11 months old, we discovered that we did not have a life.

Eden was a “no-sleep baby”. She just did not want to go to sleep. Once she closed her eyes and stopped moving, she would sleep really well, so I am not complaining, because this meant that I rarely had to wake up in the middle of the night. But, the difficulty I had was in getting her to go to bed and fall sleep.

Even now, when she is 19 years old, we still see every night the struggle between her body and her mind. Her body tells her to go to bed and her mind still thinks that sleeping is the greatest waste of time.

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Published: June 30, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Teens / Teenagers, Kids / Children, Health / Wellbeing Tags: practical parenting / parents, meditation, how to, sleep, kids / children, teens / teenagers, baby / babies, health / wellbeing

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