One of the most common responses I get when talking about shifting a child’s eating habits is: “But they won’t like it!” Or…. “Not my child, they are VEEEERRRYY picky.” I’m not saying that it’s easy, or that your child will immediately run over hugging and kissing you for making the changes to their food. […]
Helping our schools will reach many more children
One of the most important missions ConsciousParents.org has is to help influence communities to better support our children’s health. By donating our time to work with schools, ConsciousParents.org has the chance to make some small changes, that will affect many. Some things we are working on: Shifting the food policies within a school to ensure […]
Movie review: Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
This documentary (available on Netflix) was inspiring. It details the story of a mayor in Barjac, France, who embarked on a mission that involved feeding organic food to all the school children for one academic year. It chronicled the various aspects of the journey, including working with the parents, the community, the farmers, and […]
Children do as you DO, not what you SAY
I find it fascinating how often a parent will tell their child something, but then turn around and do the very same thing they are telling their child not to do. I find myself falling into this same trap on occasion and try to catch myself when I do that. I watched a mom at […]
Carlsbad Conscious Parent Birthday party is a success!
Yesterday I attended a ConsciousParents.org birthday party where we helped the parents add some ConsciousParents.org touches to the celebration. It was a beautiful 80 degree day in southern California and the party was held at a local park. There was a playground and the parents had rented out one of the picnic areas […]
Is organic food worth it?
“I know eating organic is better, and what I would ideally do. But the store that is most convenient to me does not carry organic foods. I am too busy to drive out of the way to an organic store, plus, it’s a lot more expensive. Is it really that much better? Is it […]
Stop marketing junk food to my child
Finally took the time today to dig into this Huffington Post article I’ve seen several times in the last few days. I suggest reading it – not too long, but gets the point across. Check out this brief video that is featured in the article: This is such a vital issue to the health […]
Back to school: Natural ways to build your child’s immune system
Bad news – it’s flu season. Good news – you can do a lot to help your child’s body stay strong so they can avoid catching it. Simply put, if the immune system is strong, a person can be exposed to the flu virus, but they won’t “come down with the flu” because the immune […]
Sugar at breakfast
So this morning, my 6 year old was asking for maple syrup with her organic chicken sausage instead of ketchup (though that is not much of an improvement over the syrup in terms of sugar content). I usually feed her a solid protein breakfast, as she’s super active and she gets a lot of sugar […]