The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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Can confirm on tuckering your kids out with physical activity.
My 2yo has just discovered she can sit on her sportsballs like a yoga ball. Naturally, I took mine out and showed her things I can do with my ball. Monkey see, monkey do. I get a little extra workout in by adding "dynamic resistance" to my movements (there's a proper term for it, but DDPYoga branding has broken my brain). She falls asleep within 30 minutes of being put to bed.
Keep them running, climbing, bouncing on large rubber balls. Keep em laughing. I expect this love-of-movement will help set her up for a glorious adulthood.
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