Health Tip: Pack Your Child's Lunch
Between helping with homework, making dinner, and the nightly bedtime routine, it's difficult to find the time to pack a healthy lunch each day for your child.
The Nemours Foundation says it's worth the effort. It offers these benefits of packing your child's lunch:
- Improved control over your child's eating habits.
- Better food variety for your child.
- Cost savings from making the meals yourself, instead of paying someone else.
- Preparing your child's meals gives you both satisfaction, and is a small way to show your love.
Health Tip: Choosing a Backpack
Along with pens, paper and notebooks, for many youngsters, a backpack is a back-to-school necessity.
The U.S. National Safety Council offers these safety guidelines for selecting a backpack:
- Look for features that offer better support, comfort and safety.
- Choose a backpack with padding in the back to minimize pressure.
- Opt for a backpack that has belts around the hip and chest to more evenly distribute the contents.
- A backpack with lots of compartments is better, as it also helps evenly distribute the weight of school supplies.
- Look for compression straps at the bottom or side of the backpack to bring the contents closer to the back.
- Look for reflective material so your child is easier to see if walking in the dark.
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