This wonderful book (by Laura Weeldreyer) addresses the connection between weight and depression. The overall message is that health is more important than weight, and that teenagers should learn to accept their bodies rather than trying to look like the media ideal.

Parents, here’s a tasty and creative way to review fractions with your children.   You’ll need (1) a book about fractions; (2) a pizza or tortilla; (3) a knife to cut the food (optional); (4) food toppings (optional).   Read a book about fractions; there are many, but 2 good ones are Eating Fractions, by Bruce McMillan, and Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy.  Then … take a tortilla and have your child show you one-quarter, one half and three-quarters either by breaking it apart of cutting or decorating the fraction amount with toppings.  For example, you could have your child add pizza sauce to one-quarter, then half, then three-quarters, then the whole pizza.  Then, have your child add fractional amounts of cheese and other toppings.

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