Kids and Foods: The Healthy Food Pyramid
Teaching your children about healthy foods is important, and the pyramid helps them see what foods to eat, and how much to eat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture put out this site, which includes fun ways to teach children about the food pyramid. There are games and posters to download, as well as worksheets and coloring pages. Classroom materials are also available so teachers can teach kids about the food pyramid.

Parenting to Healthy Children
Parents affect their children’s emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development in many ways. Good parenting is not necessarily innate; it is a learning and growth process, according to this site, which gives information about attachment, bonding, blended and stepfamilies, childhood obesity, learning disabilities, children and separation, helping kids cope with divorce, and smart grandparenting. Plenty of links with great child mental health information for toddlers, kids and teens.

Toddler Nutrition Basics
Toddlers need proper nutrition, but this phase for them can be difficult when it comes to feeding. They want independence and their appetites can decrease. What’s a parent to do to make sure their toddler eats healthy foods? This website offers some tips for preparing for mealtime, during mealtime, setting limits and giving praise, eating healthy, snack suggestions and good foods your toddler should have in the various food groups. For instance, kids should have foods from the following categories everyday: meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and peanut butter; milk; fruit; veggies; bread, cereal, rice and pasta; fats, oils and some sweets.

A Healthy Place for Teens
A site put out for teens about healthy attitudes by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands with support from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. This site explores teen emotions, how teens can take care of themselves, how to deal with teen issues, how to cope with hard situations and how to tell if a friend is having a hard time. It teaches kids how to cope with various issues they face, saying that it’s OK to cry or get lost in a movie, a book or TV so long as teens don’t use those avenues to avoid reality completely.