You have decided to teach children cardiopulmonary resuscitation, an addition to your already challenging curriculum. Teaching children CPR is a lifestyle change. Teaching children CPR requires a mindset shift in the way we see children as part of a rescue team.  Delivering the dense content of CPR requires CPR Instructors to use a fun and engaging approach when teaching children concepts and terms associated with CPR. 

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Parents sometimes think we as children have nothing to be stressed about. That is the farthest from the truth. Ask the son who is bullied. Ask the daughter who has a low self esteem because of the images on Instagram and TikTok. Ask the student who sits alone wishing he had friends who appreciated his differences. Just ask. Go ahead. Ask. Kids have many reasons to be stressed. And parents have many reasons to be concerned. These negative emotions can trigger unhealthy heart syndromes. Research shows that there is an actual link between being sad, lonely, and bullied and heart disease. 

My brother raised his daughter practically by himself. Her mother was present, emotionally. Financially, he did it all. He paid for her schooling and everything a father should do, he did. The same kudos he received, a woman would have received. He was not doing anything exceptional as a man. He did what a father should do. Provide. His daughter left the country when she was 17 years old. She went to live with her mother and her grandmother in another country. Months after settling in her new home, she constantly called me and my mother to talk about how she missed her Dad. It was admirable. He had provided for her nearly all her life, and she was reciprocating. 

A frog's leap denotes power and accuracy. What can rescuers learn from a frog's use of power and accuracy in achieving its goal of achieving one of its basic survival function - movement?

February is the month in which we celebrate Valentine's Day. Most people celebrate by giving chocolates, candies, going out to eat at restaurants, and other usually unhealthy choices. Dahye and Beyong II (2020) referred to eating out as food away from home in an article published on January 16, 2020, on the website of the National Library of Medicine.  The authors stated that food away from home contributed to obesity and deviation from the typical healthy eating habits (Dahye & Beyong II).