Consider Nutritional Facts When Planning School Lunches

Packing lunches for school aged children is a balancing act. You balance their personal tastes, societal expectations, budget constraints, school rules and the list goes on. You might want to take a few moments to consider nutrition as a priority. This article from the BBC offers some great tips for providing good nutrition in your child's lunchbox. Here are a few of their suggestions:

* Chicken with a low-fat dressing and salad
* Grated cheese and pickle
* Bacon, lettuce and tomato
* Tuna and tomato
* Salmon and cucumber
* Hummus and red pepper
* Fruit, both fresh or dried
* Cheese cubes
* Pot of yoghurt or a yoghurt drink
* Cherry tomatoes or sticks of vegetables
* Small pot of potato, pasta or rice salad
* Hard-boiled egg
* Fruit juice or soup in a flask

Yoga For Kids

This CNN item shows kids enjoying a yoga class. It is being promoted as a way for children to reduce stress. I think it's a great idea, but I would like to caution parents about adding yoga classes to an already loaded schedule of activities for their kid. Child psychologists are seeing a lot of 'overscheduled' kids these days.