Stress Reduction for Financially Trying Times

There are steps that we can take to help us stay focused and effective during this seemingly wild financial ride.

It’s critically important to recognize the impact that today’s financial conditions are having on us, and to manage our individual reactions. If we allow stress to get the best of us, it can and will create unnecessary pressure in other important areas of our lives. Left unchecked, stress can severely impair one’s ability to concentrate, it can affect the quality of our interactions with others, and it can affect one’s ability to perform well on the job. Stress can paralyze us into inaction.

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Summer Safety Tips

Keep your family safe this summer by following these tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

HEAT STRESS IN EXERCISING CHILDREN

• The intensity of activities that last 15 minutes or more should be reduced whenever high heat and humidity reach critical levels.
• At the beginning of a strenuous exercise program or after traveling to a warmer climate, the intensity and duration of exercise should be limited initially and then gradually increased during a period of 10 to 14 days to accomplish acclimatization to the heat.
• Before prolonged physical activity, the child should be well-hydrated. During the activity, periodic drinking should be enforced, for example, each 20 minutes, 5 oz of cold tap water or a flavored sports drink for a child weighting 90 lbs, and 9 oz for an adolescent weighing 130 lbs, even if the child does not feel thirsty.
• Clothing should be light-colored and lightweight and limited to one layer of absorbent material to facilitate evaporation of sweat. Sweat-saturated shirts should be replaced by dry clothing.
  

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