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A Parent's Guide to Navigating Picky Eating with Confidence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1062+ words) (Feature Impact) For families with young children, mealtimes can often feel like negotiations or even battles. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. Picky eating is one of the most universal challenges families face. Picky eating isn't just common; it's…...
Bannock Youth Foundation Could Use Volunteers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (485+ words) Leslie Foltz, the Executive Director of the Bannock Youth Foundation, says they are a non-profit organization in Pocatello that serves all of southeast Idaho. They provide services for youth and families to help them heal and provide different parenting classes…...
Financial Well-Being Largely Guides How Americans Plan to Spend Their Tax Refund | Insurify
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1744+ words) This year, most Americans plan to use their tax refund toward financial goals, including car insurance. In fact, an Insurify survey of 1, 000 Americans who anticipate receiving a refund in 2026 found 41% of respondents have used their tax refund to pay for…...
'Rein in your heart': I. Coast women trapped by divorce taboo
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1283+ words) Ivory Coast has a low divorce rate, with the fear of social disapproval weighing on many women Women in Ivory Coast are also deterred from filing for divorce by a slow judicial process and high cost Yet she can't'bring herself…...
Study reveals teens spend a third of school day on smartphones
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1015+ words) Teenagers spend a third of the school day staring at their smartphones, according to a new study. Frequent phone checking - mostly for social media or entertainment - "undermines" the concentration needed to succeed in class, scientists say. They believe their findings…...
Tweens always on phones at greater risk of mental health issues: study
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (995+ words) Children as young as 11-years-old who are always on their mobile phone are at greater risk of serious mental health problems as teenagers, warns new research. Addictive digital habits in early adolescence are linked to sleep disturbance and even suicidal…...
Two Eastern Idaho Organizations use Horses for Healing and Teaching Life Skills
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (678+ words) President and Program Director at the Pocatello chapter Lana Davies explains what they do for women and girls at the non profit." "It's a self improvement program, it's learning about the horses and learning how to ride, train, handle horses,…...
The Eastern Idaho State Fair is Accepting Scholarship Applications for Local High Schoolers
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (132+ words) KPVI The Eastern Idaho State Fair is accepting scholarship applications. Governor Brad Little is Proposing Budget Cuts to Medicaid Services Idaho Coffee Company Hosting the 'Coffee Drop' Bannock County Officials Identify the Man Who Died After Crashing into a Semi-Truck…...
UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1087+ words) No more daytime TV or online ads for 'junk food' in the UK The ban -- targeting ads for products high in fat, salt or sugar -- is expected to remove up to 7. 2 billion calories'from children's diets each year, according to the…...
Smartwatch System Helps Defuse Children's Temper Tantrums, Experts Say
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (1466+ words) Annoyed young daughter shouting in the store A smartwatch might help parents better manage their kids" tantrums It helped parents intervene within seconds of an oncoming tantrum Overall, tantrum length was cut in half among children wearing the smartwatch TUESDAY,…...