Encouraging Curiosity in Your Child

One way to increase your kid's intelligence is to encourage them to become more curious about life.
Once you get a clue about the kinds of things that your child is interested in you can encourage them to pursue those activities.
For instance, if your child has a noticeable interest in listening to music then it is a good idea to buy a musical instrument. This will help that child understand that he or she can create music as well.
If your child has a great love of drawing you can buy crayons and a paper pad so that they can explore that talent. This helps your child understand that exploring the creative realms that the brain is capable of does not have to be a big chore.
If your child loves to read then make sure that he or she has that library card as this is one of the strongest indicators that he or she could do very well on a test. Reading out loud to a very young child is also a very good idea when it comes to enhancing intelligence.
You should also not overlook the value of exercise when it comes to mental development. An activity like running enables them to make decisions at the right time and also develop hand and eye coordination. This works because when it comes to mental development a healthy body can inform the mind as much as the mind can inform the body.
Playing video games is also a great activity, especially ones that demand that your child use logic and make fast decisions. Video games are good for the reflexes and also help your child strategize.
As long as the activity is constructive you should allow your child to do the thing that they most want to do because this inevitably helps them develop their cognitive abilities and concentration.
Don't overdo it!
Everything in moderation also applies to being attentive to your child. Paying too much attention is the equivalent of being a meddling stage mother and if your child picks up on this you could run into some trouble. Kids that feel mauled by too much attention may start pushing you and the brain enhancing activities that you are trying to promote away!
In your enthusiasm to help your child you need to make sure that you do not overwhelm him or her. Do not ask him or her to do too many things. It is okay to introduce them to a few things at a time and gradually tries to figure out what it is that your child enjoys doing most.
Even if you think you pushing a lot of activities on your child for the child's own good realize that you may be setting the kid up for failure. The kid may take on the activities to try and please you and then become depressed when he or she cannot keep up with your demands.

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Bogus Yeast Infection Cures

You are especially prone to getting yeast infections after you have a pregnancy so I thought it would be worthwhile to write about it for a change.
First of all you need to know that the advice you get on the internet after typing in a search such as 'home remedy – yeast infection' is not always the right advice.
I typed these keywords 'home remedy – yeast infection' into Google and the very first thing that popped up was one of the most dangerous cures for this condition that exists – using BORIC ACID.
Boric acid is a poison that does not belong in your home. Yet you can find home remedies that advise inserting this in your vagina.
Yet another cure I kept seeing was to go on these intolerably long fasts that involved drinking only water and lemon or certain types of juices. As someone who is a little bit familiar with the way the human body works (because I am a medical researcher) I cannot begin to tell you how unhealthy these food deprivation diets are.
The principle behind starving yourself every day is to try and not feed the yeast cells in your body but the problem is that you end up starving YOU as well. Some of these 'yeast elimination' diets have calorie intake rates on them that are so low that NO human being could stick to them for more than a day or two.
By now you can probably tell that I am speaking from very hard won experience.
Of course as I was once a chronic sufferer of these terrible infections you can imagine that I was all over the internet always looking for an alternative to the antibiotics that were causing me to be trapped in a treadmill of antibiotic use and recurrent pain.
In fact, you could say I was just like you.
Now being a medical researcher I knew that doing things like inserting boric acid in your vagina or starving yourself and surviving on only liquids to 'rinse' yeast out of your body was very bad for you. However I could not help but think of all of those women out there who do not know this was bad for you and how much they must be suffering as a result.
Also did you know that going on a juicing fast is also a terrible idea? This is because juices contain sugars that can feed yeast colonies the same way that sugar can.
I guess what I am trying to say here is that you have to be very careful when it comes to seeking out alternative or natural cures as they might not be so good for your yeast infection either.
I can't stress this enough. In order to get rid of yeast infections you need to wipe out the root cause for good.

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