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Laura Stanton

October 10, 2020

Healthy Sleep Habits for Teens

With the start of a new school year, it is important to be intentional about the need our teens have for restful sleep. Over the past several months, without a school routine, our family grew lackadaisical regarding bedtime and sleep routines. Now that our teens are back to school and alarms are going off at […]

WRITTEN BY: Laura Stanton, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Warren County.

REVIEWED BY: Lisa Barlage, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Ross County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Image from rawpixel.

SOURCES:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2018). Healthy sleep habits: How many hours does your child need? Retrieved from https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/sleep/Pages/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-How-Many-Hours-Does-Your-Child-Need.aspx
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (2016). Where we stand: Screen time. Retrieved from https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Where-We-Stand-TV-Viewing-Time.aspx
  • Hass, S. B. (2018, April 17). 6 ways that night-time phone use destroys your sleep. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/prescriptions-life/201804/6-ways-night-time-phone-use-destroys-your-sleep
  • National Sleep Foundation (2020, July 28). Why electronics may stimulate you before bed. Retrieved from https://www.thensf.org/10-sleep-tips-sleep-quality/
  • Robb, M. B. (2019). The new normal: Parents, teens, screens, and sleep in the United States. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense Media.

Categories: Family and Relationships
Tags: back to school, screens, sleep, sleep habits, technology, teenagers, teens

October 2, 2020

Food Allergies and Halloween Can Be a Scary Combination

As a parent of a child with several life-threatening food allergies, Halloween has always been an especially scary holiday. Considering the fact that 1 in every 13 children have a food allergy, there are three challenges that make Halloween extra tricky to navigate. Trick #1: Halloween candy has many common allergens. Many of the most […]

WRITTEN BY: Laura Stanton, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Warren County.

REVIEWED BY: Laura Halladay, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Greene County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Halloween image by rawpixel.
  • Teal Pumpkin Project from Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE).

SOURCES:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics. (2019, September 24). Avoid a Food Allergy Scare on Halloween. Retrieved from https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/injuries-emergencies/Pages/Avoid-Food-Allergy-Scare-on-Halloween.aspx
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, June 8). Food Allergies. Retreived from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/foodallergies/index.htm
  • Davis, C. Q. (2012, October 30) Fun-size candies aren’t so fun anymore. Retrieved from https://scienceline.org/2012/10/fun-size-candies-arent-so-fun-anymore/
  • Kleiner, R. (2019, October 28). 7 Ways to Make Halloween Safer for Kids with Food Allergies. Retrieved from https://www.eatright.org/health/lifestyle/holidays/7-ways-to-make-halloween-safer-for-kids-with-food-allergies

Categories: Food
Tags: food allergens, food allergies, food allergy awareness, Food Allergy Research and Education, halloween, parents and children, Teal Pumpkin Project, trick-or-treat

May 22, 2020

Noises Off: The Benefit of Silence

Our lives today are full of noise and ever-present distractions and sounds. Noise is among the most pervasive pollutants today and has been identified as a public health threat by the World Health Organization (WHO). Noise can be annoying, distracting, painful, and harmful. Noise adversely affects millions of people and can contribute to elevated levels […]

WRITTEN BY: Laura Stanton, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Warren County.

REVIEWED BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Macro photo of tree by Pixabay
  • Trail photo by PhotoMIX Ltd. from Pexels

SOURCES:

  • Beaumont, A. (2017, April 21). 10 reasons why silence really is golden. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/handy-hints-humans/201704/10-reasons-why-silence-really-is-golden
  • Bernardi, L., Porta, C., and Sleight, P. (2006). Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory changes induced by different types of music in musicians and non-musicians: the importance of silence. Heart; 92(4):445-52.
  • Bronzaft, A.L. (1996). Top of the class. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
  • Brox, J. (2019). Silence: a social history of one of the least understood elements of our lives. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • Kirste I., Nicola Z., Kronenberg G., Walker T. L., Liu R. C., and Kempermann G. (2015). Is silence golden? Effects of auditory stimuli and their absence on adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Brain Structure and Function, 220 (2), 1221–1228.
  • Noise Pollution Clearinghouse. Retrieved from https://www.nonoise.org/aboutno.htm
  • World Health Organization. (2011). Burden of disease from environmental noise - Quantification of healthy life years lost in Europe. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/e94888.pdf?ua=1

Categories: Mind and Body, Uncategorized
Tags: mental health, Noise, physical health, quiet, Silence

May 15, 2020

It Takes A Village: Food Allergy Awareness Week

When our son was 2 years old, he asked to eat a walnut he saw in our pantry. Less than 20 minutes later, he was in an ambulance being rushed to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. On that day in 2008, our son became 1 of the 32 million people in the United States that have potentially […]

WRITTEN BY: Laura Stanton, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Warren County.

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Kids With Food Allergies (www.kidswithfoodallergies.org)

SOURCES:

  • Facts and Statistics. Food Allergy Research and Education. Retrieved from: https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/facts-and-statistics
  • Food Allergy Facts and Figures. Kids With Food Allergies. Retrieved from: https://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/food-allergy-facts.aspx
  • How a Child Might Describe a Reaction. Food Allergy Research and Education. Retrieved from: https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/how-child-might-describe-reaction

Categories: Family and Relationships, Food
Tags: anaphylaxis, food, food allergens, food allergies, food allergy awareness, health

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