Earlier I posted about the value of sleep, especially for teens, but also for moms and anyone else. The book I referred to, Power Sleep by Dr James B. Maas, listed the four golden rules of sleep (p 60). 1. “Get an adequate amount of sleep every night,” where ‘adequate’ means the amount […]
Health
What Your Teen and You Really Need: Sleep
What improves alertness, memory, concentration, creativity, communication, mood, weight, immunity, and reaction time? No, it’s not some magic pill, some newly discovered herb, or some powerful vitamin combination. It is, quite simply, sleep. Apparently most people in North America do not get enough sleep to function optimally, and high school students are among […]
Holidays? What Holidays?
Near the end of an exhausting day of Driver’s Ed, a dozen teens stared wearily at the instructor. “Cheer up,” he encouraged them. “It’s a long weekend! You’ll have three days of no school!” The entire group scoffed at the idea. “You’re forgetting something,” they informed the instructor. “Don’t you know we’re HOME […]
Swine Flu
The media is really playing up the swine flu issue. Chuck Colson has an insightful commentary on human pride and this flu. He also explains why we should not be overly worried. Of course we should, as always, follow basic rules for healthy living, such as washing our hands, etc… you know, all those rules our mothers […]