Kēhaunani Y

Chew Gum in School

- Kēhaunani

Recently a study took 108 students and divided them into into two groups. One group chewed gum and the other did not. The students who chewed gum during a test had a 3% increase in their test scores and better final grades than the kids who did not chew gum. Students should be able to chew gum in school. It has many health benefits, helps with attention because of its rhythmic chewing, and can help the overall health of teeth.

Who wants to chew gum in school? I know I do! And who wants to do better in school? I do! Well you're in luck because many studies such as these state that “gum chewing students had a 3% increase in test scores and better final grades” (Gajilan). Also, chewing gum can help your brain.

Chewing gum has many health benefits. It has positive effects like having an increase in glucose level, which makes students more alert. It can also help people increase their attention and can get mental tasks done 20% more efficiently. In fact, students do 26%-36% better during tests while chewing gum (McCarthy).

Chewing gum can also help with your attention because when you chew it in a rhythm your brain remembers the rhythm and does it in the same beat. Some people complain about the noise, but really, it helps the student. 

It can also help whiten teeth and make your breath fresher. This is because it creates saliva in your mouth. The more saliva in your mouth the the less bacteria is in it. Some gums are sweetened by something called xylitol and it boosts salivation and helps avoid the duplication of bacteria. “extra saliva produced by chewing may seem to neutralize the digestive acid inside the stomach, which had leaked into one’s esophagus. This activity also seemed to assist in forcing back the fluids into the stomach.” This offers relief from heartburn (Wrigley).

Some people may argue that chewing gum is really bad for your teeth and health. However it is the exact opposite. For example, chewing gum helps keep teeth white and fresh. As long as you brush your teeth you will be perfectly fine! Therefore, chewing gum can be healthy and beneficial, so go out and buy a pack of gum. If people donʻt chew gum they wonʻt get the extra health benefits. Eventually they might get some problems that could have been fixed if they had chewed more gum. Clearly kids should be allowed to chew gum during school.

Giving an Allowance

By: Kauakea P.

You should give your child an allowance. If you give your child an allowance it will teach him or her about money. Allowance can make children feel like you trust them enough to give them money.  Also, it's a way to give your child freedom.

If more kids got an allowance they might be better in math. They would be better in math because they would want to learn about money. They would want to learn about money so they could manage their money and save for things that they really want (Noelia de la Cruz).

If you give your child an allowance, then he or she won't come begging to you in the store if he or she can't buy something. This won't happen because he or she will have his or her own money to spend. Instead, while in the store, your child will have to think about how to use his or her money wisely (US News).

Giving an allowance late is bad because you hand over little money and little responsibility. This can lead to kids not learning enough about how to handle their money, which can make them spend their money on things they don't need. This can also make them broke because they don't know how to manage their money (Ron Lieber).

So all this means that if you give your child an allowance now, it will help them with math. It will also help you and your child because your child will develop independence. It can also help children in the long run because they will know how to manage their money.

Jasmine S

Family Game Night Needs to Happen

                        By: Jasmine serion

     American writer, Richard Bach, once said, “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's lives.” Today, families are missing out on important bonding time. We should have family game night once a week. It would be a great way to get to know each other better.

    Family game night can build bonds between everyone. “Quality time. The importance of spending quality time together as a family cannot be overstated. It is important for bonding building relationships and improving communication” (Landau). This way everyone will be happy. Clearly family game night will make everyone get along in a happy, and healthy way.

    Family game night will bring everyone happiness and joy. “Great games with great people can create even greater memories”(Grosenick). So, spending fun times with the people you love will make everyone happy. Also, the memories that you create during these small moments of time will be with you forever.

    When everyone gets together you can ALWAYS get to know someone better. Current research says, “Games are great ways to meet new people or even reconnect with others in your life”(Grosenick). Here we see that whenever you play fun games with relatives or good friends, you can find out things you might not have already known about them.

    Yes, family game night does take up a lot of dinner time. However, there isn’t much time to always be with the people you love. So we have to use some time and get to know each other better. and bond. For example, if you are in the car with a family member, that is a time to get to know more about one another. There are many other times when you are forced to be with your family, so why not make use of it with playing a game!

    If you don’t spend time with your family, eventually you will not know them well in later years. Also, it can help everyone to strengthen relationships and to have fond memories to appreciate later. All in all, family game night needs to happen! So, stop what you’re doing and whip out those games! Have fun!

Kelise F

More Cooking Is Better for You 

by Kelsie F.

"Cooking with kids is not just ingredients, recipes, and cooking.  It's about harnessing, imagination, empowerment and creativity" (Fieri).  Because children are still growing it's important that our diets are not underestimated.  It's important to teach your children to cook at whatever age you think they are ready.  But it's not about the cooking in general, but instead how you are taught to use what you have. Teaching the younger generation how to cook helps them to use the resources around them.  There are many people that are able to help with this.  Cooking together creates a special bond with the people around you.  But, cooking is also about the food that you cook for yourself or family and how you have been taught.  For example, if you are not taught to use natural ingredients this effects your diet.    Teaching your children to cook comes with many benefits and develops their skills.

For someone who is reaching a more mature age it's important to be taught how to cook to sustain yourself and or your family in the future.  With the essential life skills it comes with benefits.  According to BBC, there are many overall benefits of cooking even when you are younger.   One benefit is that we are able to learn about food hygiene, which means that you learn to be sanitary before cooking and after or with handling raw meats.  For example, this is very important because you don't want spread germs or even diseases from raw meat or not washing your hands. Another benefit is that children learn to follow instructions.  It's important that this is incorporated in our lives because it's a basic life skill that helps to achieve a goal together or as individuals.  There are many benefits of cooking, but one important one that should be recognized is that children learn patience.  Since it's a process to cook certain foods and it doesn't go as planned, you always have to have patience.  This ties in with life because sometimes things don't go as planned. but you have to work your way around a problem.

It's one thing to learn to cook but another to use natural ingredients to be able to make healthy food.  According to Foodal, one benefit of this process is the cost of cooking from scratch at home with natural ingredients. Eating at a restaurant can be expensive and buying your lunch everyday can be costly.  Since using natural ingredients can help with as other bills around the house. This can help parents with budgeting and can teach kids about saving money early in life.  When cooking food from scratch with natural ingredients you are able to watch what you eat, which helps you to make healthier decisions.  This will also help you to know what types of preservatives are in your food.  Something that many people lack is creativity.  When cooking home cooked meals with ingredients from scratch you are able to create something that is your very own.

Cooking is an essential life skill that many families don't recognize.  But it's something that could help sustain you in the future and your family.  But it also has an affect on how you look.  As teenagers and adolescents start to develop, they can have skin problems. This is where cooking comes in.  According to Health, many vegetables that you cook with have antioxidants that make your skin anti-wrinkle.  There is fish fat that can help your skin with many things.  There are also things like zinc, vitamin C and iron for our skin to be healthy.  Many vegetables, fruits, meats, and drinks help skin to be clear.

Many critics argue that it's dangerous for children to cook in the kitchen no matter what age.  But one article that stood out is "Cooking with Kids: Dangers to watch out for" (Parenting).   Since there are many sharp objects that are in the kitchen children can get cut.  But, if children are taught properly to use the kitchen, then won't be a problem.  Another danger might be hot pans and burners.  This is because sometimes hands slip and accidentally touch the burner or pan, which can result in major burns.  But that is why children should be cautioned about cooking.  But, again, if taught properly to use certain kitchen utensils and taught at a mature age, then this should not be a problem.  

Many people have to understand that cooking should be incorporated in every household.  Since in the future we will move out of the house you need an essential life skill to help you which is the pleasure of cooking.  Not only to just cook but to use natural ingredients that are provided with the resources that you have.  It important for you to involve cooking in your life because it is a tool.  Teaching children how to cook is underestimated but in the future they'll thank you.

Noah P.

Video Games ARE Good

By Noah Pila

Have you ever wondered why you flinch when someone looks like they are throwing a ball at you? The reason why is because you aren't playing video games. According to research, people who have played video games get bigger brains which improves their organization skills. Additionally, video games improve your reaction time and help you to be more aware of your everyday surroundings. Another reason that video gaming can help you be prepared is because you need creativity to be successful. That is why everybody knows video gaming helps you to get better at life.

Do you believe that videogames can help your brain grow? One study shows people playing "Super Mario 64'' proved that they grew in a part of their brain by showing that there was a "rise in gray matter in the right hippocampus" (Guraini). Also people who were in the study showed better "memory formation, strategic planning and fine motor skills in the hands" (Guraini). That means video gamers are becoming better at certain things.

Video gaming not only helps your brain grow, but can grow your creativity. For example, "one study found that playing video games helped increase creativity in children" (Devnath). Video games help with creativity when you have to build games, or when you have to play in a mode with other players.

Parents stop grounding your kids from their gaming consoles, instead ground them from their phones.

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Blaze F

Gaming Is Good for You

By Blaze F.

He goes to school 8 hours a day, when he gets out of school he goes straight to practice. By the time he gets home, he needs to do his homework, eat, shower, and then... he has free time. There are very few things to do except for video games. Video games are a waste of time, not healthy... or that's what his mom says. However, research shows that video games improve the brain and slow the aging process. Not to mention the fact that gaming can help people cure sicknesses.

Video gaming has a lot of benefits. One is that while playing brain teaser games for twenty minutes everyday you can age slower, according to Guarini. If that still doesn’t convince you, then this will. According to Mcgonigal, Video gaming helps improve the brain.

A German researchers asked twenty-three adults with a median age of twenty-five to play Super Mario 64 for thirty minutes a day over a period of two months. A separate control group did not play video games at all. Examining the brains of the two groups using an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) machine, they found that the gaming group had a rise in gray matter. Gray matter is the darker tissue in the brain and spinal cord. Grey matter include regions of the brain involved in muscle control and sensory perception, according to Guarini.

In another study, participants were asked to quickly spot things out of the normal in visual patterns. Participants who played games were able to do this better than those who didn't, according to Brown University. This information means that gamers develop or improve their brains and reflexes.

Critics argue that playing video games are a waste of time. However, It’s about when you have the time. For example, If you have the time to go on your phone or  read a book, then you have time to play video games. People shouldn’t stop going on their phones or stop reading for fun right.? Hence, everything you do you make time for, so make time for video games. If people don’t play video games they might live a shorter life. Additionally, people might miss out on helping their brains develop.  Also, gamers have very good reflexes. Everyone needs to go inside and play video games.

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Anonymous

Siblings Should Get Respect From One Another

- Anonymous

“I may fight with my siblings, but once you lay a finger on them you’ll be facing me” (Unknown).  It is important that siblings have each other's backs. Siblings can’t do this without listening to one another. Therefore, Siblings need to be taught to listen to one another.  New studies say that listening to one another keeps you from missing information.

When you listen to one another it can help prevent you from missing information (Price-Mitchell). If you miss a little thing it can change the whole story into something unrelated. 72% of kids miss a small part of what has been said, turn it around and have ended up in a fight or jail. The NCMEC (The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) has received 4.3 million calls of kids getting into trouble by mishearing what has been said.

People feel better when they show kindness to each other. One study showed that people who show kindness in their daily lives are the most successful in life (Brooks). This does not only mean doing good deeds, but it also means that adults must model how to be kind so that kids can see what it looks like.  

People can get irritable when you don’t listen to one another (“Sibling Rivalry”). When siblings don't listen to each other, they can get mad and or start a fight. 65% of kids get mad and out of control and don’t listen to their parents, when their parents tell them to listen because they are irritated.

Parents argue that if we want our siblings to show us respect, we have to contribute to make it different (“Improving Family Communications”). But in order for us to show respect we have to have good role models. Remember that children learn by example. As children we need to know that our parents don’t have a favorite child. Every child should fit in equally.

So we should get respect from our siblings. Siblings can change their perspectives by having good examples from their parents. And, parents will feel better when their children have respect for each other. We need to try as a family to make a change. Siblings should get respect from one another!!

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