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Tips for Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthier
[disclosure] Getting kids to eat healthy is similar to trying to herd cats. My son is the lead cat that needs to be herded! He’s the only person I know who doesn’t like chocolate, peanut butter, any kind of flavored milk, tomato sauce on his pasta, smoothies of any kind (texture), yogurt (again texture), the concept of salad, and the list goes on! LOL. I was told that he would become so hungry as puberty set in that he wouldn’t be such a picky eater anymore. Wrong! While they were hit or miss with my son, I did use some of these strategies for my daughter who wasn’t as…
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How to Get Your Kids Active Today
Happy Monday – or as happy as a Monday can be! Mondays are grab bag days so posts on Mondays will be grab bags as well. Today we are looking at a topic that many of us are facing – couch-bound children entranced by electronic devices… Electronics. While these devices have transformed our lives in ways that weren’t even imaginable a decade ago, electronics have quickly become children’s activity of choice. Our kids don’t want to get up and go outside –unless they can bring their device and there’s wireless available. As parents, we have to push them to let go of the device and get active. For example, my…
