So a few healthy tips that we often forget about. The first is sleeping. It is important to sleep well at night, you know, averaging about eight to nine hours for teenagers, 10 to 13 hours for younger kiddos that are in school. Making sure you’re well rested, having a good sleep routine. Absolutely.

You also want to eat healthy. I know sometimes that’s a difficult one. You want the things that are unhealthy, but try to have some balance with it. It really does make a difference. At Harmony Pediatrics, we often tell our patients to eat the rainbow, so they’re eating their fruits, their grains, their veggies, their protein, their dairy – all the things.

Being active is also very important – at least 30 minutes a day, three to four days a week. Absolutely, of physical activity. And don’t forget screen time – limit the screen time as much as you can. I know with school age kids it gets kind of challenging because today everything’s – even your class work is on a computer. But the screen time that we’re talking about is more of the video games, right? Your internet surfing, your TikTok videos. You want to limit that, and especially before bedtime – no screens an hour before bedtime. That’s right.

Remember, small choices today grow big healthy futures tomorrow.