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Racism and intolerance are very much in the news here in the United States and around the world. People are discussing lots of ideas about how to address this deep-rooted problem and that’s a good thing. New rules of engagement, new laws are surely needed. However, we’ve already tried to change racism and intolerance by…
Read MoreWe just completed our second week of our Facebook Live streams! BrainFit Kids Reach Family Institute In addition to the great content we discussed, here are the printables from those sessions: Week 1: First Law of Brain Development, The Importance of Routine, Tip of the Day! Week 2: Second Law of Brain Development, The Importance…
Read MoreHopefully, you are all safe and healthy after these first few weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. In my last post, I gave some general guidelines for decreasing the chances of becoming infected, bolstering the immune system to fight infection, and dealing with the fears and emotions that are quite naturally a part of any crisis…
Read MoreWe get it! Your life has been turned upside down almost overnight by a microscopic organism. A microscopic organism, specifically a coronavirus that evidently didn’t even exist before November of 2019 and that almost nobody on earth had even heard about before the beginning of 2020. You’re afraid about you and your children becoming infected…
Read MoreName of Book:SPARK: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain We hear all the time about how exercise is good for the heart. But what about the effects that exercise has on the brain? Well, it turns out that exercise is one more thing that can be added to the list of “what’s…
Read MorePart four of our summer series on behavior: Behavior…one of the most common concerns Nutrition’s link to behavior and the brain The Mirror: 7 Behavior Principles for your Child’s Development My last post, The Mirror: 7 Behavior Principles for your Child’s Development, will take you and your child a long way on the road to…
Read MoreBehavior – noun – the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially towards others. Perhaps no subject causes more grief for parents than how to deal with behavior. In our two previous blog posts on the subject we looked at two aspects of the behavior question – how a child’s level of neurological…
Read MoreYes, that’s right… the food that your child eats can have a big impact on his or her behavior. Why? Because in the end, everything that happens in the brain boils down to biochemical reactions. The raw materials for those biochemical reactions come from the foods that we eat. So, diet can significantly affect brain…
Read MoreOh boy, BEHAVIOR! One of the most common concerns that parents ask us about is behavior. Mostly, parents want to know how to guide their children in how they behave with them (the parents), with other children, with other adults, and with society in general. So, let’s take a look at how to best address…
Read MoreAs a follow up to our Mother’s Day post last week, and in light of some of the pressing problems our country is facing at this moment in time, I thought it appropriate to revisit a speech I gave a few years ago. In March of 2016, my daughter, Juliana Gaither, and I represented the…
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