{"id":4,"date":"2019-06-27T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-childdevelopment\/2019\/06\/27\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:48:20","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-childdevelopment\/front-matter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"Welcome to Issues in Child Development and Health.\u00a0 This course was created for adults who care for or about children.\u00a0 The course explores health content areas that are influential to child development, health, and the health and wellness of our society.\u00a0 The information within this handbook is research-based and addressed from a scientific standpoint.\u00a0 There is certainly much more information regarding child development and health. This document serves as a summary of core concepts that are important for the development and health of children now and for the future.\r\n\r\nAs adults, we are very influential in the lives of children. Children are not born knowing how to do things and therefore rely heavily on our guidance in learning how to make healthy decisions for themselves. Children learn from what they see and hear.\u00a0 Thus, another aspect of this course involves discussion of adult role modeling of attitudes and behaviors. Human behavior is complex, and none of us are perfect.\u00a0 We are all \u201cworks in progress\u201d and doing our best to exemplify positive strategies for healthy behavior can be extremely helpful for children. How well are we able to work to incorporate the recommendations that exist for children into our own lives?\r\n\r\nIt can be overwhelming to think about sharing health-related information with children.\u00a0 There are some individuals who are hesitant to share health information with children at all.\u00a0 However, rest assured, research has found that providing factual information at an age appropriate level helps young people to reduce their risks of adverse outcomes.\u00a0 There are general recommendations regarding what is age appropriate, but since each individual child is different, we often need to use our best judgement in determining what approach to use.\u00a0 We can also refer young people to reliable resources and teach them how to differentiate between reliable and non-reliable health information. Since we can\u2019t be there to guide them for their entire lives, it is beneficial to help them learn how to make educated decisions for themselves.\r\n\r\nThank you for being an advocate for children and for doing what you can to help them become healthy, positive contributors to society.","rendered":"<p>Welcome to Issues in Child Development and Health.\u00a0 This course was created for adults who care for or about children.\u00a0 The course explores health content areas that are influential to child development, health, and the health and wellness of our society.\u00a0 The information within this handbook is research-based and addressed from a scientific standpoint.\u00a0 There is certainly much more information regarding child development and health. This document serves as a summary of core concepts that are important for the development and health of children now and for the future.<\/p>\n<p>As adults, we are very influential in the lives of children. 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