I did a third one this week because I only was able to do one over Thanksgiving break.
I am so sick of violence and war and international affairs being the headlining news on the front page. I refuse to write about anything negative today so I chose, "For The Goal Oriented Parent, A Jump Start in Toddler Sports" by Mark Hyman. This article focused on the development of exercises for babies as early as when they're still in the hospital. In Grand Rapids, Mich. Doreen Bolhuis founded a company called Gymtrix, which offers a library of videos starting with babies as young as 6 months. The exercises include a lot of jumping and kicking. Bolhuis commented that a lot of happy parents come back saying that their kids are superstars on their middle school fields. Dr. Lyle Micheli thinks the program is amazing however, he expressed concern saying, the potential for even younger ages of overuse injury." This is kind of like all that hullabalo over Baby Mozart. you play Mozart for a baby still in the womb and they come out pre-destine liberal arts majors. Parents are increasingly competitive when it comes to their children, God-forbid they fall behind someone else's child. This is kind of a bad post but I'm sick, tired, and have too much to do between now and next week. So I guess it's going to have to do..
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