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Intellectual self-image matters because it’s often a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you think you can’t, you won’t.
Climbing in the playground is just one of many activities kids can do to improve muscle fitness.
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Overall muscle fitness among children and teens hasn’t declined over the past several decades, but by some measures it’s not improving, either.
Kids learn who they are and how to cope within their families.
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Good mental health is the ability to adapt to changes and stress. Whatever school looks like, parents can help keep kids’ social-emotional development on track in these four areas.
Parents can help build children’s self-esteem by eliciting stories from them that position the child as the hero.
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Now, more than ever, we need to share stories that build relationships, community connections and self-esteem, especially with our children.