This podcast episode is one of the most important topics for parents: How to stop eating so much sugar. As we’ve discussed in the past, our children are what we ate and what their grandparents ate. Research shows over and over again the tremendous negative impact of added sugars. The American Heart Association has recommended …
Childhood Nutrition Tips and Strategies with Jackie Vega
Childhood nutrition is essential for growth and development as well as to prevent illness and disease. You want to prepare healthy meals and snacks for your kids but between finding the time and choosing foods they’ll eat it can be overwhelming. For the last 29 years, I’ve tried every technique to provide a well-balanced diet …
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Her Daughter’s Bedtime Struggles Taught this Mother to Slow Down
This podcast struck a chord for me as a mom and you may experience a similar feeling as you listen to this episode. Your child may have had difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep or experienced anxiety at bedtime and you know how exhausting that can be for the entire family. Even if bedtime has …
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Number One Tool I Used to Have the Period Talk with My Daughter
Today’s episode is one of two podcasts about the seasons of womanhood. In this episode, Shannon Covel, founder of Seasons of Sisters, shares insights and tips for talking to our daughters about their first period. Your daughter’s first period can either be a blessing or a curse, depending on how you, the mom (or dad), …
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Keeping Kids Healthy and Preventing Childhood Obesity
The epidemic of obese and overweight children in the US In the United States, around 18.5% of children ages 2-19 are considered obese. One in three children in the US is deemed to be overweight. Children with a body mass index-for age percentile higher than 95% are “affected by obesity” and “overweight” if the BMI-for-age …
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Help Children Sleep Better with a Sweet Book About Mindfulness
Jennifer Cohen Harper’s book about mindfulness needs to be part of your family bedtime routine! As parents, we want our children to sleep well because we know they will feel better and be healthier. When they sleep better we sleep better. Children can experience difficulty falling asleep for a number of reasons. Restlessness, over-stimulation, worry, …
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Getting Kids in the Kitchen – Episode 8 – A Healthy Bite
Children deserve to be taught how to enjoy various foods and to know where they come from! So why not teach them to nourish themselves with an appreciation for the abundance of foods available to them
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Send kids to school with a body guard – Episode 6 – A Healthy Bite
The best bodyguard for my kids was always their immune systems! Here are a few ways I made sure theirs were in top shape!
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Tips for Raising Healthy Kids – Episode 1 – A Healthy Bite
It’s the little things that have a cumulative impact on our children’s health. After raising six children I have learned that some little tweaks to lifestyle can make a huge difference! Expect the unexpected Sleep in the dark limit screen time at night Let them play in the dirt Born to Run Toxin overload A …
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