Why should children wash their hands? Helping your children to make healthy habits can only assist you in the long run. Less time for them to be sick and as a result more time for the family. From giving their hands a good scrub to flushing correctly, here are some useful tips on creating healthy habits for your children (and you).

Children need to be taught healthy eating habits now to lay a good foundation for life.  There are so many good healthy eating tips for children, here you will find ten tips from Health24 to get them on the right track to achieving a lifestyle of healthy eating.

This article from kidshealth.org shows how children who participate in fitness activities continue to stay active throughout their lives. Furthermore, regular physical activity helps children of all ages to play and meet challenges.

Why play sports? You might say "to get exercise" and you'd be right. To have fun? That's true, too. But there's more to it than just that, in this article reviewed by Saray R. Gibson, there are at least 5 more reasons why playing sports is so good for young girls.

Here again is another great article from kidshealth.org that shows how having a chit chat with your tweens is important to think about what your kids at that age wish their parents knew and really understood about them.