by Daphne | Jul 7, 2016 | Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety for Children
Summer foods. Families are in the groove having swapped out the book bag and lunch box for pool-noodles and picnic baskets. And, while many parents follow a routine meal plan during the school year, a carefree mindset kicks in once the last bell rings in June. Enter...
by Daphne | Feb 21, 2016 | Health & Safety for Children
Pack a lunch or buy? That would be the daily morning question after perusing the school lunch menu. “Pack a lunch,” she replied. Yet many days, my daughter would come home from school ravenous and ready to eat dinner. We tried the after school snack and a pre-dinner...
by Daphne | Nov 22, 2015 | Family Fun Facts
Whether it be around the holiday table, at a restaurant, during a birthday party or in the course of an every day dinner, parents everywhere struggle with their children about finishing their meal before having a treat or dessert. Sure, who would not want to indulge...
by Daphne | May 1, 2015 | Family Fun Facts
Picky eaters. We may have one, we may have been one or we may be married to one. How many times have you found yourself engaged in mealtime negotiations when your child refuses to eat what you have prepared? Or, perhaps your child tries to take control and demands...
by Daphne | Mar 27, 2015 | Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety for Children
Hyperactive. Inattentive. Unfocused. Overactive. These are the labels one teacher put on my child when she was in kindergarten. As most mommies, I thought that can not be MY kid she is referring. As the weeks went on, the blips on behavior increased. Every few days a...