There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home. C. Everett Koop bridgecaliforniachange share on social
There are all kinds of things you can do to marry literacy with health. C. Everett Koop healthkindliteracy Change image and share on social
If you have a kid who goes to kindergarten and doesn't know what a circle is, doesn't know what red and green are, and doesn't know what right and left are, by the time he learns those things, the rest of the class is far ahead of him. C. Everett Koop aheadcircleclass share on social
You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes. C. Everett Koop dangermentionpoison Change image and share on social
The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics. C. Everett Koop audiencebackcare Change image and share on social
One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play. C. Everett Koop bringchildfind share on social
There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together. C. Everett Koop familyjoborder Change image and share on social
When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up. C. Everett Koop catchchildlearn Change image and share on social
Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class. C. Everett Koop classdeprivegrade share on social
They have been deprived nutritionally, or some illness has not been picked up, or they have not been screened for vision or hearing defects, or they have not had some kind of a chronic illness or error of metabolism picked up. C. Everett Koop chronicdefectdeprive share on social