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Embrace Life With Your Seatbelt

July 11th, 2010 by Peggy Polaneczky, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Health Tips, Medical Art, Video
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Watch this gorgeous video from the UK promoting seatbelt use. And buckle up!

*This blog post was originally published at The Blog that Ate Manhattan*

Putting The “Cool” Back Into Buckling Up

June 6th, 2010 by Happy Hospitalist in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Humor, Opinion, True Stories
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I was having fun watching my niece play with dozens of pool inner tubes when another relative shows up. Never one to surprise me, he shows me a fashion statement I’d never seen before. How do you get your kids to wear their seatbelts? 

The key here is repetition. Just like a medical school education, repetition is what makes us experts. Doing the same thing over and over again makes us great at what we do. To get your kids to wear their seatbelt every time, you must make it a part of their daily existence. How do you do that? You buy them a “seatbelt” belts from Honda. Read more »

*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*