Congratulations to Candice M, winner of OSU Football tickets for the #LiveSmartOhio contest, sponsored by OSU’s Family and Consumer Sciences! Are you ready to Live Smart Ohio? The new web hub at go.osu.edu/livesmartohio will launch Nov. 1, and you’ll be able to find info about living smart: smart food, smart money, smart relationships, smart family, […]
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National Falls Prevention Day
Today, September 23, 2014 is the 7th annual Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Falls Prevention educates more than 2 million people across 47 states on how to reduce fall-related injuries among older adults. According to the ODH Office of vital statistics, every year 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 has a fall, and […]
Early Literacy: Paving the way for Success
Children are born ready to learn. From birth to about age 5 children have about eight times the neurons compared to an adult. During this time most of what is learned is learned through interactions with parents, grandparents, siblings, and caregivers. The individuals are most influential in a child’s life, and can serve as a […]
How do you #LiveSmartOhio? Post your photos and win OSU Football Tickets!
How do you live smart? Is it the way you manage your money? By being physically active or eating nutritiously? Your relationships? We want to see pictures of all the ways you live smart! Now through September 30th, any pictures that are posted to social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, etc.) with the hashtag #livesmartohio […]
I Want It Now! Dealing with Temper Tantrums
When children are small and don’t have a vocabulary, they have to find ways to communicate the anger or frustration they are feeling. They may bite or hit or throw themselves to the ground in a rage; the latter we call a temper tantrum. Temper tantrums usually come on suddenly and escalate quickly. So what […]
Making the most of family fun
Summer is usually a time for a change in routine for families that allows a little more time together to do the things we enjoy the most. Talk with your family about what they enjoy most about the summer and what things you want to do before school begins again. Even for those of […]