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Modern Farmer and Big Green Launch Million Gardens Movement to Mobilize Millions to Grow Food at Home

Mar 22, 2021

The Million Gardens Movement aspires to give everyone the opportunity to grow their own food, whether it is on a windowsill or in a backyard, to create a healthier, happier, more sustainable world.

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Mindful Co-Parenting Tips

Feb 26, 2021 ● By Leah D. Setzen

For separated or divorced parents that want their children to be well-adjusted, there are several important ways to successfully co-parent. Leah D. Setzen of Grunyk Family Law in Naperville offers several tips for healthy co-parenting and healthy kids.

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Getting Pregnant: Lifestyle Strategies to Boost Fertility

Feb 26, 2021 ● By Ronica O’Hara

Natural approaches such as healthier diets, supplements, detoxed living, herbs, acupuncture and other Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) tips for boosting fertility to achieve pregnancy.

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Tricks to get kids to eat more vegetables
Veggie Tricks: How to Get Kids to Eat Better

Jan 29, 2021 ● By Ronica O’Hara

Parenting bloggers and nutritionists share effective ways to get even the pickiest of children to eat more vegetables.

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Holistic pediatrician caring for child
Healing the Whole Child: Holistic Pediatricians Go Beyond Meds

Dec 30, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

Holistic pediatricians apply evidence-informed, natural, integrative approaches to healing children, emphasizing healthy lifestyle behaviors for overall well-being.

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Meaningful holiday gift idea
Reinvent the Holidays: More Meaning, Less Stuff

Nov 27, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

The pandemic is shifting this year’s holidays, motivating parents to seek out affordable, meaningful, sustainable and non-material gift ideas for kids, saving money and creating memories.

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Self-Care Tips For Parents in a Pandemic

Oct 30, 2020 ● By Julie M. Gentile

Take care with these self-care tips from yoga teacher and wellness author Julie Gentile using the CALM strategy, and be ready for the holiday season and beyond.

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Mindful Parenting: The Conscious Path to Raising a Child

Oct 30, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

Conscious, mindful, soulful, awake and peaceful parenting tips to help connect deeply with kids through love, authenticity and acceptance of the child’s innate nature.

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Stressed Out Teenagers Relaxing
Stressed-Out Teens: Ways to Help Them Chill

Sep 30, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

With teenagers reporting record levels of stress, anxiety and depression, here are effective ways that parents can help to calm teens during stressful times.

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Level Up: Race for Humanity 2020
Playing For Peace throughout September

Sep 13, 2020

Play for Peace has been celebrating the Level Up:Race for Humanity fundraising initiative, which is virtual this year because of the pandemic, to help young leaders to become champions of compassion. 100% of funds raised will support recruiting, training, and supporting youth in the United States and areas of conflict around the world.

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Empowering Adolescents Through Uncertain Times

Aug 31, 2020 ● By Carrie Jackson

Adolescents have had portions of their lives altered or put on hold during a time of pivotal social growth and personal development. Chicago organizations are helping them to navigate and flourish in these times of uncertainty.

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5 Easy Tips for Helping Students to Connect with Nature this Fall

Aug 31, 2020 ● By Gina Iliopoulos

Now more than ever, youth need the benefits a connection with nature offers. Gina Iliopoulos of Chicago's Keeler Gardens NFP has five simple tips on how to create nature-focused learning opportunities.

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Make Back-to-School Lunches Tasty and Sustainable

Aug 31, 2020 ● By Tiffany Hinton

Many local grocery stores have posted signs directing us not to bring our own bags—no more using cloth, reusable market bags due to COVID-19 precautions. This is similar to the concept and rules of many of the Chicago area schools and daycares that will be opening this fall for bringing lunch to school. GF Mom Certified's Tiffany offers tips and recipes to make school lunches allergen free and Earth-friendly, too.

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Raising Resilient Kids: How to Help Them Bounce Back

Aug 31, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

Mindful strategies to help parents build up resiliency in children in order to deal with challenges, overcome difficulties, be less fearful and anxious and more confident and empathetic.

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Strong healthy boy lifting weights over head
Strong and Healthy: Five Ways to Strengthen Kids’ Immunity

Jul 31, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

It’s critical for parents to help build up their children's natural immunity. From birth onward, here are some proven strategies that strengthen kids’ immune systems.

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Mother Calming Child's Anxiety
Calming Kids: Ways to Turn Anxiety Around

Jun 30, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

In these uncertain times, many kids are feeling anxious, but parents can use these straightforward strategies to help lower childhood anxiety.

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Staying on Track

May 31, 2020 ● By Isabella Dussias

I’m learning not to waste countless, mindless hours on social media and to not drown in indecision about what to do next.

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GARDENING 101: A Summer Home Economics Course

May 29, 2020

This gives parents an opportunity to teach life skills, along with some horticulture.

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Celebrating Birthdays in New Creative Ways

May 29, 2020 ● By Tiffany Hinton

RECIPES FROM A GLUTEN-FREE KITCHEN

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Family Stories Children Ancestry
Family Stories: Help Kids Cope During Tough Times

May 29, 2020 ● By Ronica O’Hara

Help children feel safe, secure and in control by telling them what strong stuff they come from. Get started telling family heritage and ancestry stories with these 20 questions.

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