Children Archives - Fit Found Me https://fitfoundme.com/category/children/ Healthy Living Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:03:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fitfoundme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-new-fit-found-me-favicon-32x32.png Children Archives - Fit Found Me https://fitfoundme.com/category/children/ 32 32 What You Eat During Pregnancy May Shape Your Baby’s Food Preferences https://fitfoundme.com/what-you-eat-during-pregnancy-may-shape-your-babys-food-preferences/ https://fitfoundme.com/what-you-eat-during-pregnancy-may-shape-your-babys-food-preferences/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:03:15 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=40413 Getting a child to eat vegetables can feel like a never-ending challenge. Many parents have tried every trick imaginable, from hiding spinach in smoothies to disguising broccoli with cheese or turning carrots into fun-shaped snacks. While picky eating is often blamed on personality or childhood habits, scientists are beginning to uncover evidence that these preferences …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/what-you-eat-during-pregnancy-may-shape-your-babys-food-preferences/feed/ 0 Brain Scans Show Children Exposed to Family Conflict Have Brain Changes Similar to Soldiers in Combat, The Results Are Shocking https://fitfoundme.com/brain-scans-show-children-exposed-to-family-conflict-have-brain-changes-similar-to-soldiers-in-combat-the-results-are-shocking/ https://fitfoundme.com/brain-scans-show-children-exposed-to-family-conflict-have-brain-changes-similar-to-soldiers-in-combat-the-results-are-shocking/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:03:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=33650 Have you ever noticed how the human brain seems wired to spot danger before anything else? A sudden shift in tone, an angry glance, or footsteps at night can trigger our bodies to respond instantly, long before logic has time to weigh in. For children growing up in violent homes, this hyper-awareness isn’t just instinct. …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/brain-scans-show-children-exposed-to-family-conflict-have-brain-changes-similar-to-soldiers-in-combat-the-results-are-shocking/feed/ 0 Baffled Teacher Questions Why More Kids Are Being Sent to Kindergarten Still Wearing Diapers https://fitfoundme.com/potty-training-challenges-and-expectations/ https://fitfoundme.com/potty-training-challenges-and-expectations/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:16:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=30870 In a time where early childhood milestones are often taken for granted, an unexpected trend is emerging in classrooms: more kindergarteners are still wearing diapers. This has led to discussions among parents, educators, and lawmakers about whether expectations for childhood development are changing. While some see this as a sign of evolving parenting practices, others …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/potty-training-challenges-and-expectations/feed/ 0 New Research Reveals Four Distinct Types of Autism Transforming How Science Understands the Human Mind https://fitfoundme.com/new-research-reveals-four-distinct-types-of-autism-transforming-how-science-understands-the-human-mind/ https://fitfoundme.com/new-research-reveals-four-distinct-types-of-autism-transforming-how-science-understands-the-human-mind/#respond Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:41:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=34128 For years, autism has been viewed through a single lens, a condition thought to exist along one continuous line of traits and challenges. Yet science is beginning to uncover something far more intricate. Behind the surface of what we call the spectrum may lie patterns and variations that tell a much deeper story about the …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/new-research-reveals-four-distinct-types-of-autism-transforming-how-science-understands-the-human-mind/feed/ 0 Babies Should Sleep With Their Mothers Until Age Three, New Research Claims https://fitfoundme.com/babies-should-sleep-with-their-mothers-until-age-three-new-research-claims/ https://fitfoundme.com/babies-should-sleep-with-their-mothers-until-age-three-new-research-claims/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:50:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=31316 In the animal kingdom, certain behaviors are instinctual and natural. Polar bears thrive in the cold of the Arctic, sloths move slowly through the trees, and orcas live in the ocean. Similarly, human babies are biologically designed to sleep close to their mothers. This isn’t a matter of opinion—it’s simply a fact based on biology …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/babies-should-sleep-with-their-mothers-until-age-three-new-research-claims/feed/ 2 Extremely Rare Cancer Striking Children in Affluent SoCal Community Takes Worrying Turn as Possible Cause Emerges https://fitfoundme.com/rare-cancer-striking-kids-socal-possible-cause/ https://fitfoundme.com/rare-cancer-striking-kids-socal-possible-cause/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:58:58 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=40363 In Ladera Ranch, California, the parks and landscaped spaces that once represented an idyllic childhood have become the focus of unsettling questions. Six local children have reportedly been diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a cancer so rare that only a few hundred young people develop it nationwide each year, and one teenager has died. As families …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/rare-cancer-striking-kids-socal-possible-cause/feed/ 0 50-Year Study Proves Spanking Children Is Just as Bad as Physical Abuse https://fitfoundme.com/50-year-study-proves-spanking-children-is-just-as-bad-as-physical-abuse/ https://fitfoundme.com/50-year-study-proves-spanking-children-is-just-as-bad-as-physical-abuse/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2022 11:51:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=25964 I would never discipline my kids by hitting them, but I have no problem with spanking. Have you ever heard or maybe even used that logic? Parents, caregivers, and scientists alike have always debated whether it is right or wrong to use spanking as discipline. If Shakespeare’s Prince Hamlet could hear the news today, he …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/50-year-study-proves-spanking-children-is-just-as-bad-as-physical-abuse/feed/ 0 This is the worst flu season in 15 years. Here’s why. https://fitfoundme.com/this-is-the-worst-flu-season-in-15-years-heres-why/ https://fitfoundme.com/this-is-the-worst-flu-season-in-15-years-heres-why/#respond Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:32:31 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=32730 The flu season is hitting harder than usual this year, and if you feel like it’s worse than in recent memory, you’re not wrong. Hospitals are seeing a surge in cases, flu-related emergency room visits are up, and experts are calling this the most intense flu season in 15 years. It’s as if the flu …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/this-is-the-worst-flu-season-in-15-years-heres-why/feed/ 0 Father Created A Drug To Save His Son From A Rare Disease, Now Other Families Are Desperate To Get It https://fitfoundme.com/father-created-a-drug-to-save-his-son-from-a-rare-disease-now-other-families-are-desperate-to-get-it/ https://fitfoundme.com/father-created-a-drug-to-save-his-son-from-a-rare-disease-now-other-families-are-desperate-to-get-it/#respond Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:48:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=32238 At first glance, a parent’s greatest worry might seem to be the usual—school grades, broken toys, or the occasional scraped knee. But for Michael Pirovolakis, his battle for his son’s future was anything but ordinary. When doctors delivered the devastating news that his young son, Michael Jr., was destined to be paralyzed by age 10 …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/father-created-a-drug-to-save-his-son-from-a-rare-disease-now-other-families-are-desperate-to-get-it/feed/ 0 American Academy of Pediatrics Breaks From CDC With New Vaccine Guidelines https://fitfoundme.com/aap-new-pediatric-vaccine-guidelines-cdc-break/ https://fitfoundme.com/aap-new-pediatric-vaccine-guidelines-cdc-break/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:19:49 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=35663 Parents typically navigate their children’s health with the comfort of a unified front, trusting that federal agencies and pediatricians are reading from the same playbook. However, a significant divergence has recently emerged that challenges this standard, potentially leaving families confused about whose advice to follow for the upcoming viral season. The American Academy of Pediatrics …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/aap-new-pediatric-vaccine-guidelines-cdc-break/feed/ 0 This Mom Has Read With Her Kids in Silence Every Night for 10 Years. The Results Speak for Themselves. https://fitfoundme.com/this-mom-has-read-with-her-kids-in-silence-every-night-for-10-years-the-results-speak-for-themselves/ https://fitfoundme.com/this-mom-has-read-with-her-kids-in-silence-every-night-for-10-years-the-results-speak-for-themselves/#respond Fri, 07 May 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=38919 Picture a house at eight o’clock in the evening. Four kids, ranging from toddler to teenager, and a mother who has just come through a full day of work and parenting. In most homes, that hour looks like television, phones, a last-minute errand run, or the slow drift toward sleep that happens when everyone is …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/this-mom-has-read-with-her-kids-in-silence-every-night-for-10-years-the-results-speak-for-themselves/feed/ 0 More Americans Refusing Vitamin K Shots for Newborns: Study https://fitfoundme.com/more-americans-refusing-vitamin-k-shots-for-newborns-study/ https://fitfoundme.com/more-americans-refusing-vitamin-k-shots-for-newborns-study/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:44:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=34590 A routine medical practice that has protected American newborns for over six decades is now facing unexpected resistance. Hospitals across all 50 states are reporting a troubling pattern, one that has left pediatricians and neonatologists increasingly alarmed. For most parents, the first hours after birth involve a whirlwind of emotions, paperwork, and medical procedures. Among …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/more-americans-refusing-vitamin-k-shots-for-newborns-study/feed/ 0 Cancer Cluster at CA School Linked to Cell Tower As Parents Demand Answers https://fitfoundme.com/cancer-cluster-at-ca-school-linked-to-cell-tower-as-parents-demand-answers/ https://fitfoundme.com/cancer-cluster-at-ca-school-linked-to-cell-tower-as-parents-demand-answers/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:39:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=39469 Ripon is a small city east of Sacramento, home to around 14,000 people, the kind of place where news travels fast, and neighbors know each other’s children by name. For most of its residents, Weston Elementary School was simply where kids went to learn. Then, over the course of a few years, something began happening …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/cancer-cluster-at-ca-school-linked-to-cell-tower-as-parents-demand-answers/feed/ 0 Ohio Sleepover Ends in Emergency Room After Two Girls Take Benadryl Challenge https://fitfoundme.com/ohio-sleepover-ends-in-emergency-room-after-two-girls-take-benadryl-challenge/ https://fitfoundme.com/ohio-sleepover-ends-in-emergency-room-after-two-girls-take-benadryl-challenge/#respond Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:41:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=36017 When a mother in Bowling Green, Ohio, went to check on her daughter and a friend after what should have been an ordinary sleepover, she expected to find two groggy teenagers sleeping in. Instead, she walked into a scene that would become one of the most terrifying experiences of her life. Something was wrong with …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/ohio-sleepover-ends-in-emergency-room-after-two-girls-take-benadryl-challenge/feed/ 0 How Swapping Junk Food for Healthier Meals Cut Violence in Juvenile Detention by Half https://fitfoundme.com/how-swapping-junk-food-for-healthier-meals-cut-violence-in-juvenile-detention-by-half/ https://fitfoundme.com/how-swapping-junk-food-for-healthier-meals-cut-violence-in-juvenile-detention-by-half/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:22:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=35667 Something strange happened in Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention facilities in the early 1980s. Staff noticed a shift in the atmosphere. Fights decreased. Tensions eased. Disciplinary incidents fell off a cliff. Yet no new counseling programs had been introduced. No additional guards had been hired. No changes to sentencing or supervision had taken place. What …

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