Doctors, Health Experts Recommended School Backpacks For Growing Children

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Recommended School Backpacks

For Growing Children 

We Spoke to Doctors and Health experts to see which backpacks they’re really buying for their own kids because growing spines and minds need proper support.

Padded Straps 

If you’re busy loading your shopping cart with the cutest back-to-school products, you’re going to want to pay careful attention to the backpacks you choose for the growing bodies in your life. Students carry over 15 percent of their own body weight on average in their backpacks, according to this public health study, which causes biomechanical and physiological adaptations that could increase musculoskeletal injuries. “Look for shoulder straps that are wider, thicker, and offer extra padding so they don’t dig into shoulders,” suggests Irwin Benzel, DO, and board-certified pediatrician in Teaneck, New Jersey, who is also a father of three school-age children.

Waist

Besides padded back straps, look for a waist strap as well. “An added belt that can wrap around the waist will help distribute weight,” shares Dr. Benzel. “My own fifth-grader tends to carry the entire contents of his locker home each day, and this helps.”

Adjustability 

Make sure those padded straps are also adjustable. “A bag with good, adjustable straps can help kids carry the weight properly,” says Jennifer Wieder, MD, board-certified New Jersey pediatrician with three young children of her own. “Carrying a heavy bag every day can lead to poor habits, posture issues, and upper back pain. It’s good to establish healthy posture habits at a younger age, especially for adolescents. The joke of it all is that I buy inexpensive but well-made backpacks for my kids because you really don’t need to spend a fortune.”

Weight 

Lift the bag when it’s completely empty as a litmus test. “I’ve seen backpacks that weight three to four pounds even before anything is added to them,” says Doris Day, MD. clinical associate professor of dermatology at NYU Langone Health and mom of two. “I personally prefer backpacks made of materials like neoprene, because it’s very lightweight and flexible. Baggu is a good brand for this because they also have wider, adjustable straps.” 

Skin Problems

Dr. Day says acne-prone teens, smaller kids, and those with sensitive skin will derive an even greater benefit from lighter backpacks. “Preschool kids are adorable but some are even smaller than their bags now,” she says. “I also see bigger kids over-packing their bags with too many books, computers, and other stuff—this can cause redness and bleeding under the straps, or even folliculitis on the back.” The Beyond Beautiful author says to watch out for telltale signs of overpacking. Folliculitis looks like pimples, and comes from the sweating and friction of the heavy backpack against the skin.” 

On-trend gets kids on-board

Use their sense of style to benefit their health. “Cute, stylish, popular brands are the qualities my own 10th grader cares about,” shares chiropractor Lily Friedman, DC, of Comprehensive Wellness Institute in Hollywood, Florida. “We agreed on a bag that is all of the above and has great supportive features as well. It’s a canvas Herschel Supply Co. backpack with a suede reinforced bottom and strong, wide padded straps for use on both of her shoulders. It also comes equipped with various compartments of all sizes for all of a teenagers needs.” It’s also a great Amazon Prime gift for just about any student on your list.

Yes, you need both straps

“Backpacks are handy and incredibly sensible way to carry books and papers from home to school and back again, but the key is they must be used properly,” shares Amna Husain, MD, FAAP, of Pure Direct Pediatrics. “I always recommend two shoulder straps. That is the most beneficial way to have equal weight distribution and if possible, look for a waist strap which helps disperse the heavy load more evenly across the upper torso.”

 Padded Back

Padded straps are a must; a padded back is a plus. “A padded back will also help kids be more comfortable and prevent sharp corners of heavy textbooks or school supplies from causing chafing or discomfort across the back,” says Dr. Husain. “I buy backpacks with multiple compartments that not only allow kids to stay organized but also help to distribute the weight across the backpack rather than all toward the front pockets. In general,” he adds, “it’s better to pack heavier items closest to the center of the back to allow the safest distribution of weight.”

Wheels up, this school year is taking off

Here’s a bright idea: Maybe we the most delicate spines can roll their load to and from school each day instead. “If kids have the option to not carry a heavy bag even with padding, they should opt for a school bag that they can wheel to school instead.” Steve Fallek, MD, board-certified plastic surgeon, medical director at BeautyFix Med Spa, and father of two, feels strongly that younger children especially can benefit from wheeling their  vital items rather than struggling to carry heavy backpacks.

Foam

“If you don’t like wheeling-style backpacks, definitely make sure your child’s bag has soft foam padding,” says Dr. Fallek, “Because you don’t want them to have excessive strain on their neck, back, and shoulders. This can lead to muscle fatigue and back pain.”

Waist 

Club Pilates education director and mom to two boys Alicia Lavender encourages fellow parents to find the right-size backpack based on their child’s waist. “A backpack should not be wider than your child’s torso or hang more than four inches below the waist. This is key for helping good posture because if the backpack hangs low the child will counterbalance by walking hunched over, which causes strain in the neck, shoulders, and back.” Opt for models designed specifically for younger children if the wearer is young, petite, or has a shorter torso. 

Go For The Classics

Lavender stresses that core and spine strength is essential for just about every movement in the body, and proper posture is part of that. “Strengthening the back and core abdominal muscles is ideal in order to improve posture and ease the burden of carrying a heavy backpack for long periods of time,” she says. “In addition to picking one of the best backpacks with even weight distribution, it’s a good idea to encourage healthy back and core muscles with exercises like bird dogs, planks, and bridging to avoid excessive strain.” 

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Learn To Cook Easy Recipes For Prasad And Sweet For Lord Krishna

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Easy To Cook Recipes 




For Prasad and Sweet



For Lord Krishna 

All over India Janmashatami is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Lord Krishna, who is believed to be the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. According to calendar, the festival is said to be celebrated on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha. Lord Krishna is known to be a die-hard fan of sweets. Prasad and Sweets made on Janmashatami in most of the Indian houses.

Sukhae (Dry) Attae Ki Panjiri Prasad 

Ingredients for Panjiri

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• Wheat flour - 150 grams (1 cup)
• Ghee - 50 grams (1/4 cup)
• Boora (ground sugar) - 100 grams (half a cup)
• Makhane - 10 - 12
• Cardamom - 2 (peel and grind)
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Method - How to make Panjiri

Sieve the flour in a vessel and remove it. 

Put the pan-fried pan on the gas flame and heat the ghee in the pan, put the flour in the hot ghee and fry it by stirring it on the medium gas flame, turn off the gas flame when the flour starts smelling and the color turns brown. . 

Allow the roasted flour to cool. 

Cut a Makhana into 4-5 pieces, put 2 small spoons of ghee in a small pan and heat it, put the chopped Makhane in hot ghee and fry it while stirring with a spoon. Peel cardamom and make powder. 

Mix roasted Makhane, Bura, Cardamom powder in flour, ah this delicious panjiri is ready. You eat these now and fill the remaining in an air tight container, whenever you feel like, take out the registries from the container and eat it, the registries will be good even for 2 months.

Charnamrit 

Ingredients for Charnamrit

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• Fresh curd - 400 grams (2 cups)
• Cold milk - 100 grams (half cup)
• Sugar - 50 grams (1/4 cup)
• Honey - 1 tbsp
• Makhane - 10 - 12
• Tulsi leaves - 8-10

Method - How to make Charnamrit

Take out the curd in a big pot. 

Add milk, sugar and honey to the curd and stir with a spoon. 

Cut the makhane into 4 pieces and mix it in this mixture, add finely chopped basil leaves as well, 

take it, your Charnamrit is ready

Besan burfi 

Besan Ki Burfi - Indian sweet with Bengal gram -Chickpea flour

Besan burfi recipe is a traditional Indian sweet or dessert. Though the ingredients are similar to besan laddo, the taste, consistency, shape is different as the cooking process is different.

Both besan burfi and besan laddoos are easy to make but besan barfi takes less time to make as there is no time needed to make the balls as with ladoos.

The shelf life of besan barfi is long and so it is a preferred sweet during the festivals such as diwali and at parties or at any other time when you need to make a lot of dishes.

You can make besan barfi a few days in advance and serve it later.

How to make besan burfi - Gram flour barfi

Ingredients for besan burfi

Main ingredients for besan barfi

Besan (chickpea flour)

Sugar

• 1 cups besan(bengal gram flour)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup ghee
• dry fruits such as kaju, badam(Almonds/ cashew nut ) pieces - to decorate
• Ilaichi (Cardamom) powder - 1/2 tsp

Method to make besan barfi

Grease a plate with a little ghee. Keep aside
Heat a thick-bottomed pan. Add ghee and besan. 
Roast the besan in ghee on low flame for about 10-15 minutes or until the raw smell goes and you start getting a good aroma. The color of the mixture will change to very light brown. Do not let it get dark brown, it will taste bitter.
In another pan, add sugar and water. Bring to a boil and cook for 5-8 minutes or until the syrup reaches two threads consistency. 
Add this sugar syrup to the roasted besan and ghee and mix well. 
Add cardamom powder. Mix well. 
If you wish, you may add half the cashew almond pieces to this mix now.
Pour this mixture into a greased tray. garnish with almond and cashew nut pieces. 
Let cool completely for 1-2 hours or longer if necessary. 
Remove the pieces carefully and Store in an airtight container.

Tips :

Vegans(those who do not want to use ghee, a dairy product) can use pure edible coconut oil for roasting and greasing the plate. The taste and flavor will change accordingly.
Take care while roasting the flour. The flame should be low. Roasting on high flame will give color fast but it will still taste raw. It may also taste bitter.

Have a great Janmashatmi    celebration and enjoy making    these easy and Delicious Recipes

  

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Should I Buy My Own House Or Rent One ? This Economist’s Perspective Will Come As A Big Relief

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Or Rent  One ? 

This Economist’s Perspective Will 

 

Come As A Big Relief

Dear Emily,

I’m 30 years old, and my husband and I are thinking about buying a house. He’s all for it, but frankly, I’m terrified of the idea of taking on a mortgage. I know a number of people who lost their homes during the financial crisis. The housing market seems like it isn’t the sure thing everyone said it was. And we have significant student loan debt as it is. So my question is—is homeownership really all it’s cracked up to be? And what should young people do when they’re already swimming in debt as is?
Dear Renter:

I distinctly remember the time in 2006 when a relative told me I should “definitely” buy a house because “the housing market always goes up.”  This was obviously not good advice, though it certainly reflects prevailing wisdom at the time. And I can see why in the wake of the housing crisis, you’d fear that the housing market always goes down. Which is also not true.

There is one unambiguous argument in favor of buying a house: Sometimes it is hard to rent the house you want. In most places, if you want to live in a single-family detached house, there are not many rental options, certainly not long-term ones. So you may find yourself coming up short on good rentals, and buying may be the only way to get what you want.
However, let’s assume that you are happily renting someplace and your only motivation to buy is financial. Is it cheaper to rent or buy? In equilibrium, the answer is: The price to rent or buy should be about the same. Why is that?

Imagine that rents were so high that you could buy a place and rent it out and still have loads of money left over—even after paying the mortgage, maintenance, and everything else. If that happens, the market will adjust. People will start coming in, buying properties, and renting them out. But as apartment-hunters have more options to choose from, rental prices will fall. And they’ll fall to the point where the rental price just about covers the cost of owning.

Alternatively, if rents were so low that owners would lose money renting houses, they’d stop doing it. But as the number of available rentals goes down, the prices will go up. And they’ll go up to the point where the rental price will cover the cost of owning.

This is an example of what economists call “equilibrium” and it means that ultimately, it will likely cost you about the same to rent or to buy.

You can also try to do this calculation directly. Think about what it costs you to rent. Then think about what it would cost to buy the same quality house. Take into account the mortgage, of course, but also insurance, maintenance, foregone interest on the down payment, and the value of your time spent fixing things that the landlord would fix in a rental. I suspect you’ll find that the costs are about the same.

Given this reality, the only other strong argument for buying a house is the view that the “housing market always goes up,” so when you sell, you’ll make money. But you don’t have to go very far back in history to see that isn’t true, so it’s probably not a great argument. The housing market also doesn’t always go down, so that’s not a great argument, either.

As to your debt question: Student debt may limit your ability to get a mortgage, but it shouldn’t keep you from buying a house if you want to. Your housing debt is collateralized by your house, so unless the value of your house goes down so much that you’re underwater on your mortgage, it’s not debt in the same sense that your student debt is.

A final note: Time horizon matters. There are a lot of fixed costs with buying a house: you pay the realtor, closing costs, etc. If you are going to own a house for 30 years, these do not matter much. But if you’re planning to sell in a few years, they significantly raise the effective buying price. And if you rent, so much the easier to flee the in a coming war with Australia.

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