Are your kids eating after dinner? Is this affecting their sleep? Have you ever heard of the term “midnight snack”? This is the term that one may use to describe a meal or snack that they go to eat in the middle of the night. They literally wake up and stumble into the kitchen to…
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Fitness, sports and health topics for parents and kids including boxing, kickboxing, yoga, nutrition and more.
14 Great Cook Books for Kids
My son started cooking recently. He started off just making pancakes from scratch– not much harder than a mix. He moved on to creme brulee which is similar to pudding but with a fun element of blowtorching. Molten chocolate cake was one of my favorites that he mastered. He recently converted our Thanksgiving leftovers into…
Best Boxing Gloves for Women
I’ve been boxing for seven years and before that, I trained in kickboxing for more than ten years. I’ve worn out a few pairs of boxing gloves, but even worse, I’ve purchased boxing gloves only to find that they don’t work out. I honestly can not remember all the different boxing gloves that I’ve owned…
5 Ways to Get Better Quality Sleep Starting Tonight
My son, since his long-term concussion, has had trouble sleeping at a normal time. He has to wake up at 6:30 am to get to high school on time. As a result, there are days like yesterday, when he was running on no sleep and falling asleep in class. We are working on his sleep…
Family Challenge: 8 Mile (Death Defying) Hike
Our friends, the Bengos, waited 17 years before returning to Kauai where they lived before kids. They wanted to bring their children back when the youngest was old enough to do the Kalalau hike. This is a 2 mile hike to a beach and then an additional 2 mile hike to a spectacular waterfall, totally…
Exotic Fruit Challenge: Mangosteen
One of our favorite things to do in Kauai on a family vacation was to go to the local farmer’s markets. There was one every day except Sunday throughout the island. We especially liked trying the exotic fruit. A few were strange — like a sweet potato that you don’t have to cook — but…
My 14-year-old’s Exotic Fruit Challenge: Guava
We are getting ready to take off to Hawaii and I remember foraging for guava while on a golf course. The fruit was ripe and I ate it right off the tree. I wondered if it would taste as good here in Boston where the fruit has to shipped in. I was not disappointed! My…