Today my nephew came home, with two red gashes on his face! Apparently he had bumped (accidentally he says) into another boy earlier. Then while my nephew was in conversation with a friend, this other boy came up, pulled my nephew's cheek and scratched him.

Last Friday we went to see "The Day the Earth Stood Still" at the request of my nephew and niece. It was at the end of an afternoon's outing with them and when my wife joined us after work, her movie suggestion was taken up very enthusiastically by the 7-year-old and 12-year-old :)

Most of us know that rich carbohydrates and little exercise is the reason why this is happening. If your child is considered overweight by your family doctor, it is time you acted.

At what age should a child be given a mobile phone? Increasingly, children seen with one are getting younger.

Today I read in Mind Your Body (the ST Thursday supplement) that exercise alone does not prevent heart disease. It must go hand in hand with eating right. That's obvious, one might say! However, I do come across people who think otherwise.