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Organic Oreos With Organic Water
The original definition of the word organic from the 18th century is: “the condition of being ordered as a living being.” While a blow drier, a fork, and a toenail clipper are not organic, yet, we now have organic Oreos, organic water, and organic Kraft mac and cheese. Manufacturers know that consumers see the word organic…
The Moment I Realized My Son Had Special Needs
Sometimes things hit you like a ton of bricks, other times it can be something as subtle as the question “hot dog or hamburger?” ~Lisa Geng I knew from the moment I saw my older son that there was something profoundly wrong. He entered the world with a traumatic delivery which caused the first part of…
A Host Of Common Chemicals Endanger Children’s Brains
“Our mothers were told to worry about the 4 basic food groups, and we’re told to worry about pesticides, preservatives, corn syrup, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, gluten, genetically modified, hormones, AAAHHHHH!!! How do I feed my kids without poisoning them?!” ~Odd Mom Out: Jill Kargman Children in America today are at an unacceptably high risk of developing…
Letting Kids Be Kids Is Smart
Peter Banning: What …is the matter with you? When are you gonna stop acting like a child? Jack: [laughs] I am a child. ~The Movie Hook 1991 Nothing to see here except overwhelming evidence, move along We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that young children learn through play. Results are consistent from study to…
Study Finds Entertainers Mainly Endorse Junk Food
Bubble Gum Music Music may be food for the soul, but the food and beverages that pop singers endorse these days may be more like food for diabetes, and obesity according to a new study published June 2016 in Pediatrics. This is believed to be the first study to use a rigorous nutritional analysis to evaluate healthfulness…
Something Smells Fishy- Serving Kids Fish Oils
Once you start fish oils in rare situations you may note a “fishy” smell around your toddler. The following will cover why this happens and how in all but rare cases this can be corrected. Child smells fishy after taking fish oils Clearly the preferable way to give a child fish oils is to have…
Develop A Growth Mindset For Your Child
” Overall, parents who see failure as debilitating focus on their children’s performance and ability rather than on their children’s learning, and their children, in turn, tend to believe that intelligence is fixed rather than malleable. While a growth mindset is important for all children, it’s especially key for our children with special needs.” Children’s…
“Slow” Learner
Young Fish Eat Plastic Like Kids Eat Junk Food
From Science, “This article has been retracted. Please see: Editorial Retraction – May 03, 2017” You can also read an article about the controversy here. Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, Swedish researchers have said. Fish are being killed, and prevented from…