ADAM OLSEN -- Although the Berenstain Bears didn’t win the Bear Country 3 Mile Race, they did get the prize for being the first family to cross the finish line
I am no biologist or astronomer but I did read the “ Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food ” with Ella the other night. Sister Bear and Brother Bear were eating too many sweets and were starting to pack on extra weight. As it turns out, Papa Bear was also very attached to his sugary snacks and it became evident that there is a range of standards in the Bear Family. In the story Papa supports limiting the snacks for his little bears. However, he was far less supportive of Mama Bear’s effort to address her family’s nutrition when he learned that it was also going to impact him personally. “Integration” is a common theme running through my blog posts. It showed up again as Dr. Grizzly explained a simplified version of the circulatory and respiratory, musculoskeletal, digestive and excretory, nervous and endocrine, reproductive and immune systems to Sister, Brother and Papa. The grand collection of systems It appears Stan and Jan Berenstain were doing th...