Your Child's Growth, Health and Development

Category: Child Development

Baby Growth Chart Tracker 0

Child Development

Keep Track of Your Child’s Growth

You know when you take your young ones to see their doctors, they measure their weight, height and head circumference? Then they give you a percentage to let you know how your child compares to other children. This can be an important factor in determining if your child is developing...

Self-Confidence vs Self-Esteem 0

Child Development / Parenting / Self Esteem

Self-Confidence is NOT Self-Esteem!

Can you be confident but still have low self-esteem? Yes! What is self-confidence? Self-confidence comes from the trust you have in yourself. In other words, self-confidence is experience. The more experience you have, the more confidence you will have in being able to accomplish a certain task. This is easy...

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Child Development

Definition of Childhood Obesity

Body Mass Index (BMI) is often used to determine obesity in children and in adults. BMI is most commonly determined as a ratio of weight to height squared. As such, BMI is not perfect because it does not directly measure body fat. A muscular athlete may have a high BMI,...

WHO vs CDC 0

Child Development

WHO vs. CDC Growth Charts

WHO stands for the World Health Organization, “The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.” (form Wikipedia). CDC stands for the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading...

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Child Development

How Tall Will My Child Be?

Let’s face it. Heightism or Height Discrimination is actually a thing. It affects both your love life and your professional life. One inch equals $30,000 in the online dating world, and a person 6 feet tall would be predicted to earn nearly $166,000 more over the course of 30 years...