As parents, we just want whatever is best for our kids. When you notice that your child is overweight or shows other negative, diet related signs that they’re unhealthy of course you want to do something about it. Along with exercising more, you may think about putting your kiddo on a diet. But is dieting the … Continue reading Children and Dieting
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Children and Meditation
One of the unfortunate disparities between impoverished children and other children is that the underserved don’t readily have available the tools needed to cope with stress. This can end up being completely devastating since high, ongoing stress is one of the most dominant byproducts of poverty. That's where meditation comes into play. Photo by Brett … Continue reading Children and Meditation
The Cost of Being Poor
The poor life. Imagine watching the clock as you speak to a customer over the phone at your $9 an hour job on a Wednesday afternoon. Job number one of three. You try to rush the customer off of the phone because it is 3:07 pm and your shift was over at 3:00 pm. The … Continue reading The Cost of Being Poor
Parenting Styles
There are four primary types of traditional parenting styles. The styles are based on how supportive and how demanding you are regarding your children. Out of those, keep in mind that psychology says that AUTHORITATIVE parenting is the style that produces the healthiest children. Photo by August de Richelieu; Conscious Black Parents Supportiveness, or parental … Continue reading Parenting Styles
Food Deserts
As described by the Food Empowerment Project, food deserts are “described as geographic areas where residents’ access to affordable, healthy food options (especially fresh fruits and vegetables) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient traveling distance.” Convenience in this context refers to within one mile of ones home. As … Continue reading Food Deserts
Why Gardening Matters
Research has shown time and time again how important it is for us to make sure we get outside time daily. It’s good for both our bodies and our minds. The question is, however, what should we even be doing while we’re outside ?! One suggestion is GARDENING ! It's also one of our personal … Continue reading Why Gardening Matters
Affirmations
You may or may not have hear of affirmations before. But just in case you didn't, here's a definition. Affirmations are the act of asserting something firmly and publicly; emotional support or encouragement. So when we write out a list of affirmations we are asserting to ourselves, the universe, God, and all witnesses thereof that … Continue reading Affirmations