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Keep Your Family Safe on the Roads Ahead: Things to Consider When Choosing Your Next Vehicle

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There are approximately six million car accidents in the United States every year; therefore, even if you are a particularly diligent driver, accidents happen. In the event of an accident, it is essential that your vehicle is proven and tested to be safe for adults and children alike. It is the driver’s responsibility, whether mother or father, to look after their children and keep them safe. While providing a safe and stable environment for travel is the most important element to consider when choosing your next family vehicle, affordability is also crucial. Affordable payments, insurance, and competitive fuel mileage should be near the top on the checklist of things to consider when purchasing your next vehicle.

SUV: Safe Utility Vehicle 

Luckily, U.S. News compiles an annual categorized list of the best family vehicles. Their award-winning formula for choosing the best vehicles includes professional reviews, safety and reliability ratings, cargo space, comfort, and the availability and function of family-friendly features. Over one hundred vehicles were examined and reviewed across a variety of categories, and the Honda CR-V was awarded best compact sport utility vehicle.

The SUV is, in itself, a safe utility vehicle because of the all-wheel drive function. This feature promises a higher safety rating in rough terrains and climates. Dads will feel comfortable and safe behind the wheel on all roads, whether they are gravel-covered in construction zones or when snow, rain or ice covers them. The Honda CR-V will give parents the confidence they need to keep their children safe, regardless of the climate or terrain, because their vehicle’s all-wheel drive transmission system ensures the safest handling in all conditions, whether industrial or environmental.

Safety and Affordability

The average base price in the United States for a 2018 Honda CR-V is 25,000 dollars. While this vehicle is more expensive to buy and insure than many others, particularly smaller cars, it’s satisfaction and safety ratings make it fairly priced. The moment you and your family climb into your new vehicle you will immediately recognize the safety the vehicle provides to both you and other road users, as well as superior levels of comfort. This will make it worth your while to dig a little deeper into your pockets and find a good price and competitive monthly rates.

The CR-V has a five-star safety rating, a 9.7 expert ranking and an 8.3 consumer rating. Most vehicles equipped with all-wheel drive systems are slightly higher in fuel mileage because all of the wheels are turning, causing the vehicle to work harder, burning more fuel; however, this vehicle is top of its class in fuel mileage. This does not mean that it has better fuel mileage than smaller cars, but it is particularly efficient when compared to other SUV’s with all-wheel drive systems.

Safety is the number one priority when purchasing a new family vehicle. While an SUV may be more expensive than a smaller car, it has a safer handling system, collision rating, and the cargo space and leg room to be comfortable for the whole family. This combination makes the Honda CR-V a particularly good choice for your families next vehicle.

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Taking Care Of Your Family’s Health The Right Way

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Taking care of your family’s health is one of the most important things you’ll ever do. Keeping them happy and healthy can go hand in hand, but keeping them happy isn’t always the same thing as keeping them healthy.

By making sure you keep your family healthy now, you’ll avoid big issues in the long run. You may also teach them some valuable lessons on caring for their health themselves!

Here are some pointers you can use to ensure that you are taking care of their health the way you should be:

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Stay Active Together

Staying active together is a must if you’re going to take care of your family’s health. Some kids like to take the easy option and sit on the couch watching TV for hours, but this is not healthy and does not cultivate a great lifestyle. Getting them into exercise habits now will help them in the future. Go for walks, go swimming, and play together regularly. Do everything you can to stay active. There are even parent child classes you could attend.

Cook Fresh Meals As Often As Possible

Avoid frozen, ready made meals and takeaway meals. These may be marketed towards children, but they aren’t healthy at all. Get your children used to vegetables and other healthy foods, and cook fresh meals as often as possible. There are a number of stomach pain types that can happen if you don’t eat a balanced diet. Getting your children to help you cook could make them more excited to eat the food! Also, by making sure you eat one meal together each day, you will be ensuring your children learn to better communicate, do better in school, and avoid bad habits like smoking. Studies have proven it!

Get Insurance

Having the right insurance for your family is also essential. Make sure you find the right policies for your loved ones by reading the small print and weighing up the pros and cons. Looking for dental insurance with no waiting period could be a good idea, but you’ll want to think about what suits you best. What features do you need?

Get Outdoors Away From Technology

Technology can be good sometimes, but too much time on it can leave your family feeling empty and disconnected to the real world. What happens then? They use technology more to try to fill the gap! Get outdoors instead, and make sure your children play out there regularly. Arrange play dates so your kids can communicate in person.

Ensure A Consistent Bedtime Routine

A consistent bedtime routine ensures your family are getting plenty of sleep, so that they can be as happy and productive as possible the following day. Getting up at the same time and going to bed at the same time is important and helps to get the body in a good rhythm.

Help Them To Develop A Positive Mindset

Finally, a positive mindset is key to a happy life, but your kids learn this from you. Watch your language around them, and work on reducing your own stress. Be mindful of the lessons you are teaching them too, and the limitations you may be passing on to them!

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Dad Dilemmas: How to Respond When Kids are Causing Chaos!

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Becoming a parent is one of the most wonderful things that can happen to you in your adult life. Starting a family and having a little person to nurture and teach can show you a side of yourself you didn’t know existed and as well as helping them to develop and grow, you’re actually doing the same for yourself. However, parenting can be hard. It’s not all a walk in the park and some days will be tough, after all, we’re all human and such responsibility and pressure to get it right can mean your head is all over the place some days. When your kids are playing up and causing chaos, here are a few of the ways you can ensure you’re staying calm and setting the best example.

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Try and get enough sleep

Of course, this is easier said than done when you have children as well as work. However if you and your partner both work together, there are ways you can make things smoother for you both. Perhaps you could have a day each weekend where one of you takes responsibility for the children and lets the other sleep uninterrupted. If you have close friends or family that offer to babysit for you overnight, use the opportunity to catch up on your sleep. This can help you to catch up on any sleep deficit you’re accumulating during the week and can massively improve your mood. When you’re tired, everything feels like a bigger deal than it is- and kids causing chaos can be even more stressful. Even one day a week to sleep as much as you want can make a difference to how you feel and react during the day, and so if you’re in a position to do this then it’s something to consider.

Give yourself a short break

The days are incredibly long when you’re up early and in bed late. If your kids have had the kind of day where they won’t let up with bad behavior or arguing (which does happen at times!) one way to respond is to give yourself a short break. Ask your partner to take over for a few minutes while you sit down and clear your head. You could take a shower, you could lose yourself in an app like Final Fantasy XV for a while, you could mediate or just have a tea or coffee in the garden away from the noise. Breathe, relax and remind yourself that you’re lucky to have everything you do- even though it might not feel like it in the midst of the chaos! One day your home will be an empty nest and you’ll do anything to have these times back.

Get help with their behavior

In most cases, kids playing up and causing chaos will just be regular child behavior. It’s normal to be full of energy and it’s perfectly normal to argue with siblings, be noisy and generally make a mess! However, if your child’s behavior is especially bad, and you’ve tried different forms of discipline without success then it could be worth seeking professional advice. Try and keep a diary of their behavior with details of what caused any tantrums or outbursts or the way they responded to discipline. This can be helpful when you speak to your doctor.