Do Your Kids Have Fear of Flying?

Most kids are not born with a fear of flying but looking at footage of things like the 9/11 disaster gives them the idea. I blame a lot of the fear that kids have of flying on watching too much reality television in general.
The majority of children do not have a natural fear of flying, so unless your child has previously been involved in a flying situation that was traumatic or scary, it is likely that there is some other underlying reason if your child is scared of flying. In fact child psychologists say that many times the fear of flying has nothing at all to do with your kid's
Sometimes, children will have exactly the same scenario in their life as highlighted in the previous section of this report. Something bad happens in their life and they transferred the negative feelings about whatever it was that happened to flying.
For instance, in a modern world where divorce is becoming increasingly common, it is not especially unusual for children to have to fly from one estranged parent to visit the other. In this scenario, it is fairly obvious that the child involved will have mixed or negative emotions and not unnaturally, these negative emotions could very easily be transferred to the process of flying itself.
It is also a fact that children are often very well tuned to their parents emotions and feelings, so if you feel somehow upset or concerned about flying, it is quite likely that your children will feel exactly the same as a reflection of your psychological mien.
So, if your child starts to exhibit signs of being scared of flying, consider whether there is anything in the surrounding psychological situation that could be causing them to feel this way.
Air travel is a fact of modern life, something that even the youngest child now takes for granted. If you want to get from point A to point B, flying is generally the quickest option – sometimes the only option, especially if it involves overseas travel – and with prices at an all time low, anyone and everyone can fly nowadays.
This ability to jet off to all corners of the globe is one that has allowed people greater travel freedoms than they have ever had before, but for some, this freedom comes with a price tag attached. Not everyone is a good flyer, and certainly, not everyone actually enjoys flying.
For instance, whilst statistics compiled by the US Department of Transport suggest that flying is 29 times safer than travelling in an automobile, many people are simply terrified of getting on a plane ever.
If you want your kid to be okay psychologically on a plane just explain the odds of an accident happening in plain English. This should allay the fears that have been instilled in the kid by the media.

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Eating Healthy and Blood PH

The best way to detoxify and prevent illness is to balance the pH in your body using the acid/alkaline pH balance approach to diet.
People are most addicted to eating the foods that they like with little consideration of whether or not the food is good for them. They often have resistance to changing their eating habits. Many people are also incredibly daunted about diet changes when they see the list of potentially acidic foods on the list that they now have to avoid – this includes red meat, fast food, soda pop, refined sugar, baked goods, hydrogenated fats, and coffee.
Considered highly acidic, all of these foods create a pH imbalance and cause congestion in the colon. You have probably heard the phrase –'Death begins in the colon.' Trouble with the colon is the leading cause of disease.
Ailments often begin with constipation and other bowel problems, or with congested sinuses and continually getting sick with “colds.” Continued imbalance of the acid-alkaline state can lead to health problems from inflammation, chronic fatigue, ulcers, back pain and many other illnesses.
Your body is healthiest when it is in a slightly alkaline pH balanced state that is above 7.0 (with 0. 0 being most acidic and 14.0 being most alkaline). You would be dead if your acid level was 0.0 by the way. Death starts to progress once your body drops in acidity below 6.0.
The blood pH stays at about 7.41 and your body will do what it has to in order to keep it at that level. So if you eat too much acidic food the body will buffer those acids and store them in your tissues.
Acids stored in the body over a long period of time show up as congestion, swelling, inflammation and then stiffness. Eventually tissue and cell death occur.
Achieving perfect balance depends predominantly on understanding and applying the acid/alkaline balance to your diet.
With steady focus, and a willingness to experiment with alternatives, acidic foods can be given up or in the very least cutback on so you can stay healthier.
Many people find it hard to give up some of these acidic foods right away.
Here are some simple suggestions for food substations that you can experiment with at home that can help reduce the unhealthy cravings for the real thing.
Sugar – Maple syrup or agave nectar, both of which alkalize the body can be used as substitutes for the 'slow sweet killer.'
Salt – Use pink Himalayan salt which has no toxins and contains eighty-four elements found in your body
Flour – Replace white flour with spelt or rice flour which are both superior sources of fiber
Rice – If you must eat rice then eat brown rice which has higher sources of trace minerals
Dairy – Replace cow's milk with brown rice milk, oat milk, almond milk or hemp milk. Hemp milk has omega fatty acids.

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