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You Need to Know this One Easy Solution to Childhood Obesity
Everyone notices fat kids. It’s an unfortunate truth. I know, because I was one. I fell more into the range of “husky” rather than “morbidly obese” – but it didn’t really matter. People notice....
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Nature is Only for Crunchy Families
I was referred to as a “blogger” the other day by someone other than myself. It was the first time. For a split second it felt so monumental but what came next took me by surprise. In the very next...
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What Stories will our Children Tell Their Grandchildren?
Isn’t it hard to envision your infant crawling? Your toddler as a teenager? Or your grade-schooler as an adult? And yet time sure marches on and once these new stages are reached it’s oh so hard to...
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The Importance of how you See Your Scarce Evening Hours
I know the feeling. The day is winding down. Work is over. You’ve successfully been able to feed kids three entire meals. Nighttime is looming – and with it the thought of comfy clothes and the...
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The Spring Adventuring Checklist that will Get You Out and Moving
I get the “Where do I even begin?” question a lot. Long hours of unstructured time outside, the change of the seasons, and the unknown variables of nature time can be intimidating. There are...
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5 Amazing Gifts that are Better Than Electronics
Our small actions can say quite a bit about what we value. Take, for example, what we buy our children and their friends as gifts. There are so many electronic, techy options. But for the price of...
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18 Years of Childhood without One Doctor Appointment Needed
I am starting this post by reiterating that we are a family that does not have it all together. I could give numerous examples of how we are consistently treading water when it comes to parenting,...
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Nature in Your (Friend’s) Backyard
I recently received the book “How To Raise a Wild Child” by Dr. Scott Sampson (host of Dinosaur Train on PBS). I will have a full review coming soon. So far, the most interesting thing I’ve found...
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Parents, What’s Scarier: Ticks or Wi-fi Radiation?
A couple times a year I get alarmist type messages about ticks. This is understandable. Just looking at a picture of a tick can make you squeamish – they are a part of the arachnid family. Please...
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2015 Summer Bucket List for SE Michiganders (FREE Printable Version!)
Don’t let the summer pass you by! Childhood only happens once. Print out the list below. Put each place on a popsicle stick and pull a different one out on each blessed day of warm summer weather....
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