Dr. Richa’s curated resources for kids and caregivers
Resources:
Healthful Eating Resources
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/healthy-living#food-nutrition
Picky Eating: https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/healthy-living/when_your_child_is_a_picky_eater
WHO recommendation for fat intake:
Plant Based Educational Videos for Kids - University of Toronto (Joannah & Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition)
Avoidance of Risky Substances/Behaviours
https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/screen-time-and-preschool-children
https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/protecting-children-and-adolescents-against-the-risks-of-vaping
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/vaping
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/smoking-tobacco/preventing/vaping.html
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/birth-control-for-teens
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/marijuana-what-parents-need-to-know
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/energy-drinks-and-sports-drinks
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/inhalant_abuse
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/smoking-and-your-child-or-teen
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/vaping
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/tanning
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/preteens-and-teens/teen-gambling
https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/youthfamilyinteractive-onlinebrochure-pdf.pdf
https://www.camh.ca/en/your-care/programs-and-services/problem-gambling--technology-use-treatment
Screen time for school aged kids: https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/screen-time-and-digital-media
Screen time 0-5: https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/screen-time-and-young-children
Co-viewing tip sheet: https://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/tip-sheet/tipsheet_co-viewing_with_kids.pdf
Family Media Plan (AAP):
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/fmp/Pages/MediaPlan.aspx
Restorative Sleep Resources
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/healthy-living/healthy_sleep_for_your_baby_and_child.
https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/SleepHygiene.pdf
https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/pregnancy-and-babies/safe_sleep_for_babies
https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/article?contentid=646&language=english
Sleep Diary (CHOC): https://www.choc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Children-Sleep-Diary-Vers_2.pdf
Relational Health
https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/from-aces-to-early-relational-health
Free expert-created development activities to do with your child age 1.5-6years (McMaster University and University of Toronto): Play & Learn.
The importance of social connections in health and happiness
Stress Management
https://www.anxietycanada.com/free-downloadable-pdf-resources/
Anxiety Canada’s MAP (My Anxiety Plan) Free Course: https://maps.anxietycanada.com/courses/anxiety-plan-children-teens/
https://teens.aboutkidshealth.ca/article?contentid=2579&language=English
Kids’ Health Show
Intended to empower kids and parents with health-related knowledge while providing the opportunity for connection.
“A great deal of brain architecture is shaped during the first three years after birth, but the window of opportunity for its development does not close on a child’s third birthday.”
CENTRE ON THE DEVELOPING CHILD - HARVARD UNIVERSITY