EllemenThoughts About Gadgets On Kids

A few more days to go and its the day that most kids are excited about because of the gifts that they will be receiving. For some mommies they will give whatever their child wishes to receive on Christmas, gadgets, mobile phones, laptop, etc. just to let their kids feel their love and care.
But before we hit the mall and buy those electronic gadgets for our kids let's consider first the advantages and disadvantages of these products to our children.

Advantages are:
- gadgets that can connect to the worldwide web can help our kids with their research works in school. Google, Bing and Yahoo can answer some questions that we cannot provide.
- kids that have direct access with the latest electronic gadgets doesn't have any difficulties with identifying or working with the latest technology.
- boosts their self confidence because they know that they have whatever their playmates or classmates have, we know the feeling of wishing to have the things that other kids have, we've been at the same situation at some point of our lives.
- kids that are exposed to the internet learns a lot of things compared to those that are not.
- effective way of communication especially for parents that needs to check on their kids every now and then.

Disadvantages:
- kids that are exposed to electronic gadgets spends more time playing video games and watching online instead of studying their lessons at home.
- prefers to play alone in their room instead of going out to play and socialize with other kids.
- studies already proved that kids that are often accessing the internet has a lot of tendency to be more violent than kids that are not.
- the bad side of kids learns a lot of information through the worldwide web is that they also learn things that are not meant for their age especially those that are not guided by their parents.
- social media like Facebook, instagram, twitter exposes them to not just the people that they personally know but also to strangers. Kids instinct when it comes to people with bad intentions are not that strong compared to adults.

Its not bad to always give our kids everything that can make them happy and feel loved, our role as parents is to make sure that they will grow up to be someone with values and to make them safe from any forms of danger. We sometimes need to weight things between what makes our kids happy and what can keep them away from harm or what will be the best for them. If there are things that we know that we cannot give them, let them understand the reason and try to give some option and compromise. I as a mother would rather see my kid cry the whole night because he/she wasn't able to watch the violent cartoons than to see him/her spank his/her younger siblings just because he/she thought it was cool.
I have four adorable kids, eldest is 12 y/o and my youngest is 2 y/o and I didn't regret that I didn't help them sign up on Facebook and with online video games. I'm happy and contented with the result, this is how I was raised, going to the library to read books and do researches. Playing outside with my brothers and sisters and play mates. The best thing about it? I have good childhood memories and was proud to be able to survive my younger years without the help of the gadgets that young generation cannot live without today.

 

ElleMentips For A Healthy Mommy

Mommies we all know that our priority is our family. It's a mother's instinct to set aside her needs and wants over her family's welfare. But like other individuals we are only human, we can't guarantee that we are always in tip top shape. And we can't afford to be sick as there will be nobody that will take care of our family like a mother can do yes, nannies will be there to cover for us but we all know that nobody can pass a mother's standards.

What can be done to avoid being unwell?

1. Eat Healthy. I'm not saying that you have to make a drastic change in your eating habits, you can minimize eating oily or fatty food and replace it with veggies or fruits. Do it regularly until your body can adapt to the change and will become your habit or shall I say 'healthy habit'

2. Hydrate. Water! Known as the 'Universal Solvent' and it will not be called like that for nothing. Water is known to dissolve a lot of substances. We can compare the toxins and bad elements in our body to those substances that water can dissolve or can help to flush away from our body. And not just that, your bonus is that you will have clearer and smoother skin. 10 glasses a day is all it takes. C'mon doesn't hurt is it?

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3. Supplements. Making sure that we are getting the right amount of all the vitamins and minerals that our body needs is difficult to do. Thanks to the geniuses that invented and developed the supplements that will fill the gaps between the missing nutrients. Let's name a few that woman needs the most:

• Iron (ferrous sulphate or ferrous fumarate)  to help you keep your energy and say goodbye to the tired and stressed feeling. I personally take Stresstabs everyday and Iberet Active once every week

FYI: ferrous sulphate and ferrous fumarate both contains iron the difference is that ferrous fumarate is organic which means that chances that you will experience side effects are lesser compared to taking ferrous sulphate. And I suggest for you to discuss with your doctor which will work best for you.

• Vitamin C or Ascorbic acid this form of vitamin is known to boost our immune system. Vitamin C if taken regularly can prevent us from getting viral infections, we don't want to be the carrier of infection that can harm our family right? To make it sweeter let's make sure that the whole family will have a dose of Vitamin C everyday. Very effective and best of all very affordable. Rhea Ascorbic Acid 500mg is one of the most affordable brand in the market and what we commonly use.

• Vitamin E  benefits our body's largest organ which is the skin. Its not bad to sometimes reward ourselves of small things that can boost our ego and confidence. This form of vitamin ensures that we'll have not just healthy skin but it also strengthens the hair strands and gives us healthy hair and nail growth. Myra-E 300/400iu is the only vitamin E that I tried using. 

• B-Complex  are combined vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9 and B12. And with all these combined will help us prevent memory loss and migraine (B9), produce red blood cells and helps iron do its job (B12), control blood glucose level for diabetics and gives us healthy skin and nails (B7 & B5). It also acts as an anti-stress vitamin (B1 & B6), prevents acne and boosts the production of good cholesterol to prevent heart disease (B3) and best of all it protects our body from harmful free radicals (B2). Imagine that you can find all these benefits in just a small tablet?! Awesome!

• Calcium yeah I know that some people don't like drinking their glass of milk because of Lactose intolerance. And to make up for the calcium and other minerals that should have been absorbed by the body in the form of milk, there's always a calcium supplement that will ensure the strength and flexibility of our precious bones. Caltrate is one of the best brands for calcium supplements.

4. Exercise. Everybody knows about the importance of exercise to our body. The issue is that some just ignore and chose to not to do it because of a lot of factors. We can incorporate our exercise routines to the things or chores that we do everyday. We can stretch our arms while mopping the floor (using bunot or dried coconut husk). Stretching those muscles at least 30mins. each day is enough, you don't actually need to enroll in a gym and spend money unless you have a clear purpose on doing so, but for us mommies doing the household errands and 30mins. stretching is good enough.

5. Meditate. If you haven't tried this yet and you want to jump start your day in a different way I suggest you try this. Before getting up of your bed in the morning do the angel sit first and make sure that your back holds a straight posture. Close your eyes and try to think about nothing, yes absolutely NOTHING and then inhale and exhale calmly, feel the air circulate inside your body and keep the position for at least 10-15mins. I don't want to state the effect because I want you to catch on it yourself.
How does it makes you healthy? Remember that a healthy body is a product of a healthy mind.