"My Community Gets Healthy is a comprehensive, sustainable fitness and wellness program that has expanded into all Lawrence Township public schools. MCGH involves fitness instruction during and after school and also incorporates wellness instruction for families."

"Our kids learn honesty as well as dishonesty mostly from us. So my only big rule on however you choose to answer is this: 'Never - ever - lie or deceive thy child.' Doing so only breaks down trust with your child and sends a very wrong message."

"If you have concerns about your child's weight, talk with their doctor. Physicians typically don't want to put a young child on a calorie-restrictive diet, especially when a few modifications in the child's habits may make the difference."

"Through weekly meetings, nutrition lessons, exercise sessions and visits with behavior counselors, children learn how to control their weight and make healthy choices."

"'Some of these mothers get so exhausted and have to deal with so much they kind of wear out,' [Judy] Kendall says. And, they get depressed. Kendall's work was partly inspired by a study five years ago, which showed that mothers of ADHD children were at high risk for becoming depressed."

"Impossible as it may seem at first glance, the nurtured heart approach insists that adults avoid 'energizing the moment' when a child is acting negatively, and reserve that reinforcement for circumstances when the child is behaving well. 'It's really a skill to find what's working well. The whole trick is creating success, not waiting for it to happen.'"

"...some physicians have balked at the EKG recommendation, saying that half of the children who died [due to ADHD medication-related heart problems] took unintentional overdoses of the drugs. And even the American Heart Association points out that ADHD medications haven't been shown to cause heart conditions or sudden cardiac death."

"Facing the likelihood of paying $4 to $5 for a gallon of gas this summer and fewer employment opportunities, teenagers are curbing their propensity to buy $100 jeans and $60 shirts in favor of bargains, with the Associated Press recently reporting that secondhand clothing chains have experienced booming business among teens and their parents looking to buy brand names for less while 'stalwart retailers of teen apparel' have taken a hit."

"Dr. Juoko Miettunen, who led the research at the University of Oulu in Finland, said the findings were significant because they demonstrated a link with psychosis at a very early stage of cannabis use."

"Study participants who were obese as teenagers... tended to remain obese into adulthood. Obesity later in life has long been implicated as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers...whereas the long-term effects of childhood obesity are uncertain."

"Discuss the fact that if your teen is fortunate enough to find a job, it may not be what he had hoped for. The job may be part time, inconvenient hours and, yes, may not even pay that great. If your son or daughter hopes to work a little this summer in order to buy a brand new convertible in August, disappointment will surely be the result."