I took a few days off to do some soul searching. And today I'm still doing it.  Maybe I've hit my mid life crisis in my mid 20's I don't know. My goal with the sites I run is to help educate people with both sides of things. I want to make a difference in the world so that we can all live better and happier.

I've been getting a little more agitated about the way our government is run. Don't worry, I'm not going to post anything on politics.

Don't you ever wish that people would just open their eyes to the obvious? In the way of parenting. Last night, I was listening to a talk radio station and this guys called up and said, "Dr., in your new book do you have any chapters on how to make your fat kid lose weight?" The guys comes back and says, "It's called lowering your child's calorie consumption." Come to find out this girl is only nine years old and she's 15-20 pounds overweight.

Can you believe this? How do you let your child just eat and eat and not expect her to gain weight? I'm sure that the parents don't eat much better. But it's just called common sense. Maybe as we get older we start to lack that and responsibility for things. You are responsible to raise your children in a healthy home. If you let your kid eat all the time on junk food, that's NOT a healthy home.

You need to have a routine. Kids thrive on that. Also, get active with your kids. Take them to the park and just take a ball to kick around or go through a city program and join a sport with your kids. I'm enrolling "N" in a beginners soccer thing through the City of Peoria and I get to play with him. How cool is that?

Don't be afraid to stand up to your kid. They need that. It may hurt you now but if you don't then that's what will hurt them later. If your kid won't eat, fine it won't kill them to go a day without food. If they are being total jerks, start grounding them or taking away privileges.