JoAnn M. Romeo Aesthetics

Between school, sports, field trips, and sleepovers, our kids are exposed to health risks every day. Inevitably, they will bring it all back home. To be at their best, they need to stay well. But how can we keep their immune systems running strong, to fight off all those nasty bugs? Good nutrition is a start!

Well, it is that time of year...getting up early, planning of car pools, and kids heading off to school. And of course, here they are coming home with a cold, flu, lice., and homework. Research shows eating a healthy diet is key to a child's growth and development, school performance by fueling brain cells for optimal learning, and overall health.

Parents, are you ready for back to school? Are you ready to start getting up earlier, planning the car pools, shopping for school supplies? Well, it is that time. You started to see the school supplies and commercials the end of June. You were thinking, "They just got out for summer break. I can't think about this now." Well it is the end of August and their first day is right around the corner. Getting ready for the shift into the school schedules isn't all about the No. 2 pencils. It is time to think about how we have approached helping our students handle the work of school as well as the large work of growing up and learning how to manage themselves. This means planning a head for homework, both physically and mentally. Physically by the space and supplies, and mentally by how much help with planning or learning does each child need?