Insights into Healthy Family Living

Dr. Sarah Werbel and Dr. Kim Osias are two local moms who happen to be physicians.  As busy moms they know how difficult it can be to stay vigilant about healthy family living.  Here are their tips on simple ways to promote a healthy family lifestyle.

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Does Exercise Make Kids Smarter?

Over the past decade many studies have proven that exercise does indeed make us smarter. Dr. John Ratey, a top psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, says in his recent book, SPARK!, that exercise is also good for the brain, in that it makes us smarter, more alert and able to memorize things faster and for longer periods of time.

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It’s Called the Great Outdoors for a Reason

Our children belong outdoors. Richard Louv’s landmark book, Last Child in the Woods, illuminates a wealth of research that reveals what many parents already intuit. Children who spend ample periods of time outdoors in unscripted, improvised play are healthier and less stressed.

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Let Me Do It Myself! Montessori in the Home

It seems daunting to many that I have the responsibility of not just one, but four children to guide and direct.  I was introduced to the Montessori way of learning when my first son was just an infant and I enrolled him in a Montessori school.  Over the years, Montessori teachers have shared many common sense principles of the Montessori method that I have incorporated into my home allowing my children to become more independent, self-reliant and responsible.

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