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
Roam The Planet
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 ! You Should Be Gardening I got … Continue reading Why Gardening Matters
Our Community Garden
Due to operational changes at the Dakota Street Center, that will no longer be the home for our community garden in 2021. We're so happy that we were able to share the community garden with them for a couple months in 2020 so that we have a better idea of what to expect. Consider it … Continue reading Our Community Garden
How To Make Pizza From Scratch
One part of our gardening program is teaching children how to cook ! We want our students to be able to make things with the food they grow. In the indoor gardening kits and the physical garden alike we'll be growing food that goes great on... PIZZA ! Basil, bell peppers, tomatoes, rosemary and more … Continue reading How To Make Pizza From Scratch
What’s Been Going On
We're so excited to announce that we finally have our first gardening project !! We've been working so hard to find an opportunity to open a community garden in West Dayton. For about a year and a half now we hadn't found anything. As many of you know, at Mindy's Planets inception, there was also … Continue reading What’s Been Going On
Children and Mental Health
Mental illness in children can be super hard to identify since the symptoms are often different than they are in adults. However, because of this the children often go untreated whereas they would have benefited greatly. These children often then go on to grow into adults with severe mental issues, at a point when they’re … Continue reading Children and Mental Health