Tag: children
Protect Your Children! Vaccinate Them against Chickenpox
The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that immunization is one of the greatest successes of modern medicine. And expanding access is critical to achieving...
How to Strengthen the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
At times when socialization restrictions such as the current ones that are in place must be maintained, attention must be paid to mental health,...
Excessive Use Of Digital Screens is Like a Silent Drug For Children
Children are more exposed to excess technology right now. Therefore, it is not a question of demonizing its benefits, but rather of supervising and...
Flags At Half Mast In Canada For Indigenous Children Who Died In Former Boarding...
Canada waved its flags at half mast on Sunday in mourning after the discovery of the remains of 215 Aboriginal children on the site...
World Health Organization Director Asks Not To Vaccinate Children against COVID and Deliver the...
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) this past week asked countries not to vaccinate children and adolescents against COVID and rather...
Violent Games: 8 Suggestions for a Safer Interaction Between Children
Violence surrounds the life of everyone and everywhere. In the case of children, they are surrounded by violent fables, toys and games. It is...
Children with Intermittent Pain in the Extremities
What to do about those annoying growing-up ailments?
It is very common for children to manifest pain in their limbs without having suffered a fall...
Pay Attention to Your Children’s Mental Health during the Pandemic
"We don't have a vaccine for our mental health as we do for our physical health." These are the words of Lisa Carlson, former...
Costa Rican National Children’s Trust Supports Initiative to Prevent Re-victimization of Minors in the...
For the National Children's Trust (PANI), it is extremely important to approve National Law no.22122, which seeks to prevent re-victimization and guarantee the rights...
Tips to Encourage Young Children to Read
When your child is at the age to start reading and then you do not take that step yet, you are overwhelmed with questions, and you worry, it is very normal for you to feel that way
Which Vitamins and Minerals best help the Development of School-age Children?
Scientific evidence suggests that early intervention for a balanced diet is more effective in helping to prevent some diseases related to poor nutrition
Costa Rican National School Day Commemoration
On November 10th of each year, Costa Rica celebrates the National School Day, the date on which the achievement and development of universal public...
Malnutrition Affects the Emotional Well-being of Children
Experts have observed for years that malnourished girls and boys are more vulnerable to having problems in their physical, mental and psychosocial development
The Health of Children and Young People is more important than the Finances of...
The "Costa Rica Saludable" Coalition, made up of citizens whose interest is to defend the public health of all Costa Ricans, spoke out against...
Promoting STEAM Activities at Home for Your Children
After five months of being in confinement, the ideas of activities that can be carried out at home with children and adolescents begin to run out
After a Ten-Year Struggle, Married Homosexual Couple Manages to Register Their Three Children in...
The marriage of Ana Isabel Sanz and Christine Unold received great news this Wednesday, August 12th. The Civil Registry approved the legal recognition of...
Majority of COVID-19 Infections in Costa Rica Occur in People Between 30 and 34...
The young adult population is the one that registers the largest number of COVID-19 infections in Costa Rica, with the age range between 30...
Personal Hygiene Habits Essential For Children`s Health
It is important that both at home and school we can convey to children the importance of hygiene habits. Good hygiene can prevent children...
How to Keep my Child Calm in Quarantine?
Surely you are one of those mothers who do not know how to control their boy or girl at home since for reasons of quarantine they have stopped going to school and the outings are restricted, the truth is a little frustrating
Your Child`s Pediatrician Should Be His First Best Friend
Some babies have a hard time adjusting to routines like cutting their hair or bathing. For this reason, the attitude of trust is essential,...
Diseases that can be Transmitted by our Pets Ill Part I
Pets are our adorable companions, but sometimes they can transmit certain illness that can seriously affect our health. Here we present some of these ailments that can be contracted if we do not learn to adequately handle our pets
Do You Consider Yourself A Good Parent?
Knowing your children well implies a reflection on their actions and establishing excellent communication channels. Parents are constantly looking for ways to better relate...
Learn About Mindfulness Exercises for Children
Mindfulness techniques for children have the potential to increase their attention span, memory, self-acceptance, autonomy, and self-understanding. This is a type of westernized meditation...
The Best Apps With Educational Games For Quarantined Children
During this time when children have to stay in their homes, webring you here some suggestions of apps specifically designedfor children, that will entertain...
My Baby Drives Me Crazy!
The first baby's 2 years is a radical change in his way of being; it is also known as the terrible 2-year period. The...
Self-Esteem: A Key to Personal Success
Self-esteem is the assessment that the person has about the different aspects that make up his/her personality: temper, aptitudes, skills, abilities, attitudes, among others
Benefits of Balanced Diet for Teenagers
Adequate nutrition for the youngest humans is a relatively easy task if it is known how to achieve a well-balanced diet. Parenting when our...
Have You Heard of the Kawasaki Disease?
This strange non-contagious childhood disease causes inflammation of the blood vessels, affecting arteries, veins, and capillaries in the body. We must emphasize that the...
Learn How the Little Ones in the House Say Goodbye to Their Baby Teeth
The fall of our first teeth usually begins around five or six years of age, when a long process of falling and renewing teeth...
Choosing The Right Pet For Your Family
Before choosing an ideal pet, important aspects must be taken into account; First of all, you should consider if you are prepared to have...
Beware! Packaged Nutritional Promises For Children Are Very Misleading
Children are not growing at the expected pace and we can not neglect infant nutrition, every time products are introduced into the market under...
Costa Rica Fights Childhood Cancer
Every February 15 the world commemorates International Children's Cancer Day. This special date was instituted in 2001 in order to raise awareness of cancer...
August 15th: National Mother’s Day in Costa Rica
Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban novelist, and poet, once said that "mothers have that secret charm of treating us like children". This is a quote...
What You Need to Know When Traveling with Children to Costa Rica
Costa Rica is one of the favorite destinations of many tourists in the world. In this sense, this wonderful country of Central America collects...
Cruise Boats: The Pleasure of Traveling by the Sea
Although many may fear the sea, or think of stories of pirates and mystical animals that appear in the middle of the ocean, the...
“KidZania” Franchise Will Arrive Costa Rica as an Anchor of the Real Estate Project...
KidZania is a mini-city of 4,000 square meters (m2), the first confirmed commerce for the mega project Oxygen, in San Francisco de Heredia. This...
Benefits of Adopting a Dog
Having a dog at home is a huge blessing. That is why you make the most of all the benefits that a pet will...
The Interesting Story of the Children’s Museum in Costa Rica
Today's Costa Rican Children’s Museum used to be a jail but it's now the Castillo de los Sueños (the Castle of Dreams). What used...
Didactical Games Exhibition by Costa Rican College Students
An exhibition of games for special children was part of the arts and crafts fair of the International Art Festival.
The exhibit was organized by...
Cold or Influenza? Listen to Your Body!
Having a cold is a nuisance: your nose is running, your throat hurts and your ears ache from pressure. In other words: you feel sick...
