One of the most crucial factors of parenting is the creation of an environment that motivates kids to make healthy meal choices. You must foster a good relationship between kids and nutritious meals to ensure that they remain healthy. However, most parents will admit that their little ones are the pickiest eaters. Convincing kids to not eat unhealthy snacks can sometimes be more challenging than solving a Rubik’s cube. So, what should you do when they start seeking snacks to fill their hungry tummies? Well, quick and healthy kid-friendly recipes are the answer. Here are five healthy snack recipes for kids that are packed with nutritional benefits and are perfect for their little hands. What’s more? You can gladly invite your kids into the kitchen and ask them to help with the preparations! Banana blueberry pancake Pancakes are an absolute favorite among kids and what could be better than offering some banana blueberry pancakes as a quick snack? You can whip up this delicious recipe by following the steps given below. Ingredients: ● Wheat flour – 1 cup ● All-purpose flour – ½ cup ● Sugar – 2 tablespoons ● Baking powder – 2 tablespoons ● Large egg – 1 ● Fat-free milk – 1 cup ● Banana (chopped) – 1 ● Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon ● Butter ● Blueberries ● Sliced bananas ● Maple syrup How to prepare:

Fleas are almost an inevitable part of being a pet owner. Particularly in warmer months and especially if your cat or dog ventures outside, flea infestations can be prevalent and annoying to your pet and your family if they take over your home. Plus, keeping your pets free of fleas benefits both their comfort (flea bites are itchy as heck) and overall health (bites can spread infection and disease). Fleas are not difficult to see on your pet’s skin if you perform regular spot checks. Adult fleas are flat, dark colored insects, about 1.5 to 3.2 millimeters in length, and often seen jumping on animal skin. If your dog or cat has fleas, you’ll first notice them biting, licking, chewing, and scratching at an isolated body part. To perform a flea check on your pet first, spread hair to inspect the skin and hair roots for signs of ‘flea dirt’ (or flea faeces). If it’s flea dirt, dab a little water on a paper towel to wipe it away. If the substance changes from dark brown to reddish brown (due to traces of blood within the excreatment), it’s flea sign. Now it’s time to treat your pet with one of the various flea treatments available to pet owners.

Attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is not easy to live with. Inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity are not just typical childhood traits but can be symptoms of ADHD. While normal parenting is not an easy ride, parenting with ADHD children can be quite challenging with its own unique set of conditions. Managing ADHD in children depends on a lot of the type and severity of the case. Setting down general boundaries, house routines, and rules may work for most children, while some kids may require other techniques to calm them down. Parents with ADHD children need to adopt different practical routes and techniques to help their children manage ADHD and make life a little easier for both, parents and the kids. Managing ADHD in children can be quite stressful and frustrating for parents. Children often sense this as resentment, and this often aggravates ADHD symptoms making the child restless. The brain of children with ADHD is wired in a different way than the others without this disorder. ADHD often causes a child to struggle with disorganization, forgetfulness, school issues, problems in socializing with peers, and general communication. To help your child manage ADHD, you have to adopt certain behavioral techniques that will modify your behavior and help in managing ADHD in children.

The widely-accepted definition of a healthy person is an individual who is of sound mind and body. Though we tend to pay a lot of attention to our physical health by eating healthy and working out, we tend to ignore our mental health. Just like there are a plethora of diseases that can affect our body, there’s a wide variety of illnesses that can affect our mental health as well, and these affect children and adults alike. One of the most common mental illnesses that affect around 10% of school-aged children is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). As the name suggests, this illness is characterized by the child’s ability to pay attention or stay focused. What is ADHD? ADHD is a complex mental disorder that manifests itself in an array of ways and can affect the child’s relationships and performance in school. ADHD in children is not a novel concept; there are plenty of children suffering from ADHD worldwide. Children with ADHD often tend to be hyperactive and cannot control their impulses. Usually, children display one or the other symptom of ADHD but don’t suffer from the same. This makes it difficult to diagnose the illness and can create an obstacle in treating this disorder.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates 60,300 new leukemia diagnosis in the U.S. this year. Sadly, roughly 24,370 will succumb to the disease. Leukemia originates in the blood stem cells as either immature myeloid stem cells (monocytes, platelets, or granulocytes, which form clots or fight bacteria and infection) or immature lymphoid stem cells (or lymphocyte B, T or NK cells, which are white blood cells that battle infection and bodily threats). These immature cells, known as blast cells, produce abnormally and excessively, forcing out protective healthy cells. Leukemia occurs in four main types, which are grouped dependant upon if they develop from lymphoid stem cells (known as lymphoblastic leukemias) or myeloid stem cells (known as myelogenous leukemias): 1. Acute lymphocytic leukemia ACS research reports approximately 5,960 new cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia (or ALL) yearly in the U.S., and roughly 1,470 annual deaths. ALL largely affects child patients (3 in 4 children with leukemia) before the age of 5-years old. However, the majority of ALL deaths occur in patients older than 50-years old due to the fact that younger patients better respond to aggressive ALL treatment, which usually includes a combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplant, and sometimes immunology.