How to Get Kids to Move More
Some kids need extra encouragement to be active. Find out how to help your non-athlete (or couch potato) enjoy physical play. Here you'll find motivation tips, self-esteem boosters, fitness challenges, trackers, and more.
Forget Exercise -- Have Fun!
Lists ways to show kids that physical activity is fun. Includes suggestions for modeling fitness and encouraging exercise. Also lists phrases to use when praising kids' fitness efforts.
Lists ways to show kids that physical activity is fun. Includes suggestions for modeling fitness and encouraging exercise. Also lists phrases to use when praising kids' fitness efforts.
Teach the Importance of Activity
Describes why it's important to teach kids about being active early in life, ways to do that, and what the benefits are for both the kids and the parents. Lists three easy activities to do anytime. Includes advice from movement specialist Rae Pica.
Describes why it's important to teach kids about being active early in life, ways to do that, and what the benefits are for both the kids and the parents. Lists three easy activities to do anytime. Includes advice from movement specialist Rae Pica.
Set Limits on Screen Time
Watching too much TV (or sitting for too long in front of a computer or video game) is an easy trap for kids and families to fall into, and a dangerous one. A sedentary lifestyle can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, and other health problems. Help kids get more physical activity in their life by limiting their screen time. Try these suggestions and guidelines.
Watching too much TV (or sitting for too long in front of a computer or video game) is an easy trap for kids and families to fall into, and a dangerous one. A sedentary lifestyle can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, and other health problems. Help kids get more physical activity in their life by limiting their screen time. Try these suggestions and guidelines.
10 Ways to Raise a Couch Potato Kid
Want to raise a kid who's a couch potato? Here are 10 easy steps. This tongue-in-cheek list offers suggestions for how to increase children's physical activity and reduce screen time.
Want to raise a kid who's a couch potato? Here are 10 easy steps. This tongue-in-cheek list offers suggestions for how to increase children's physical activity and reduce screen time.
Kids' Fitness for the Reluctant Child
Kids' fitness is critically important, but it can be hard for parents to encourage fitness in today's sedentary culture. Find resources and advice for encouraging a reluctant child to be more physically active.
Kids' fitness is critically important, but it can be hard for parents to encourage fitness in today's sedentary culture. Find resources and advice for encouraging a reluctant child to be more physically active.
Your Tips for Fun Fitness
Readers share their dos and don'ts for helping kids enjoy exercise and physical activity and their advice for making fitness fun.
Readers share their dos and don'ts for helping kids enjoy exercise and physical activity and their advice for making fitness fun.
Teaching Healthy Habits
Parents share their best advice on teaching their children about healthy habits for fitness, exercise, and physical activity.
Parents share their best advice on teaching their children about healthy habits for fitness, exercise, and physical activity.
Poll: Does Your Child Have a TV in Her Bedroom?
In some families, a television set in a child's bedroom is commonplace; in others, it's unthinkable. What's your stance?
In some families, a television set in a child's bedroom is commonplace; in others, it's unthinkable. What's your stance?
Raising an Athletic Daughter
Help your daughter develop a love of sports and get the most of her sports experience. Mothers have a special role to play in helping girls enjoy athletics.
Help your daughter develop a love of sports and get the most of her sports experience. Mothers have a special role to play in helping girls enjoy athletics.
Help Your Child Develop the Fitness Habit
Know the four factors that keep your child healthy and fit: environment, attitude, knowledge, and lifestyle. All of these elements are within your control, says movement specialist Rae Pica.
Know the four factors that keep your child healthy and fit: environment, attitude, knowledge, and lifestyle. All of these elements are within your control, says movement specialist Rae Pica.
Log It Pedometer Step Logging Program for Kids
Log It helps motivate kids to become, and remain, physically active by allowing them to log their daily steps or miles. They can participate in a virtual hike across the USA, be involved in competitions vs. other classes, set daily goals, and compare their steps with other kids of the same age and gender.
Log It helps motivate kids to become, and remain, physically active by allowing them to log their daily steps or miles. They can participate in a virtual hike across the USA, be involved in competitions vs. other classes, set daily goals, and compare their steps with other kids of the same age and gender.
President's Fitness Challenge Activity Log
Kids can use this online activity log to track fitness achievements, review progress, and even win awards from the President's Challenge program.
Kids can use this online activity log to track fitness achievements, review progress, and even win awards from the President's Challenge program.