Home Alone! Safety Tips for Kids

Written by Kristine Llabres


Rememberrepparttar film home alone? Whereinrepparttar 138887 kid was left all alone into their house while his parents andrepparttar 138888 whole family are in vacation, have you done leaving your kid alone inrepparttar 138889 house too? The film might just be pure entertaining to you but it representsrepparttar 138890 reality of today’s Latchkey kids.

Kids are generally active and responsible especially when parents got to appreciate them and trust them wholeheartedly with what they are doing. There is no formula to measure a kid’s readiness to assume self care at home yet very often circumstances driverepparttar 138891 issue. Daycare might become unavailable, cost prohibitive or unsatisfactory or there is no neighbor nearby to provide guidance along their own children. A latchkey kid should want to stay alone and be comfortable assumingrepparttar 138892 additional responsibilities at home.

However, if your child is prone to be a worrier, has nightmares most ofrepparttar 138893 times and nervous or anxious when he is alone, that is an indication that he may not be ready to stay by themselves. But there are really children who will welcomerepparttar 138894 opportunity to demonstrate their maturity and take pride in being allowed to take charge at home.

Incase situation calls to leave your kid alone at home, how will you handle it? do you trust your kid well that h can already handle things all by himself? Well, here are some basic safety tips for being home alone.

First, establish your own House Rules that he should know and understand well, write it down and consider including homework and house chores as well asrepparttar 138895 use of phones, television sets, computers and other gadgets.

What we need to know about blood pressure?

Written by Jinky C. Mesias


Blood pressure becomes a big deal especially when one is getting old. However, just what is blood pressure? Blood pressure isrepparttar force ofrepparttar 138886 blood pushing againstrepparttar 138887 walls ofrepparttar 138888 arteries. Did you know that each time your heart beats about 60-70 times a minute it pumps out blood intorepparttar 138889 arteries, which is much well known asrepparttar 138890 systolic pressure. Furthermore, whenrepparttar 138891 heart is at rest between beats your blood pressure falls, which is generally known asrepparttar 138892 diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is always read in two numbers and these arerepparttar 138893 systolic and diastolic pressures. A blood pressure reading is not complete without either ofrepparttar 138894 two. The systolic pressure isrepparttar 138895 first written onrepparttar 138896 top orrepparttar 138897 top number whilerepparttar 138898 diastolic pressure isrepparttar 138899 second number orrepparttar 138900 bottom number an example of which is a blood pressure reading of 120/80, or it may also be read as 120 over 80. Every person has different blood pressure to some a blood pressure that is 120/80 may mean normal while to others this same blood pressure may already mean high blood pressure to them.

Blood pressure changes especially duringrepparttar 138901 day and at its lowest when you are sleep. However, it rises when you get up or when you are excited, nervous

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