Kids Cook Real Food is a hub of information for raising healthy kids, including our weekly podcast, The Healthy Parenting Handbook, with expert interviews, helpful tips, and kid-produced recipes.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when you hear that I recommend that parents get started teaching kids to cook when they’re only about 2 years old! How do you get started teaching kids to cook that young? What if you don’t even feel confident in your own cooking, how will you teach someone else? If […]
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One of my more controversial and talked-about shares in the last year was a series of pictures of our elementary school’s lunch kids menu. I pointed out some of the trends, some of the downfalls (I’m looking at you sugar), and how the lunches served at our elementary school are the epitome of the kids’
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One of our member families had an experience where teaching life skills (like cooking!) kept their family afloat during a rough season. Here’s Sara to explain how Kids Cook Real Food™ has impacted their family! My ultimate goal when we joined Kids Cook Real Food™ was to work on life skills. As a mom, you
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Will this summer bring opportunities like no other? You can choose to be intentional with this time and infuse both fun, quality family time, and practical skills that will last a lifetime. I’m a big believer in goals for our families, even if we’ve felt we have missed goals in the past. Better to set
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If you’ve ever wished someone would just give you permission to slow down, this interview is for you. AND if you wonder how to give your kids opportunities to grow in life skills at every age, this interview is for you! I can’t even believe how many wisdom bombs my guest today shared—you might want
If you’ve been on the fence with Kids Cook Real Food™, but aren’t convinced yet, you need to read Lori’s stories below about her two girls building connection, confidence, and creativity as they took our cooking course! Lori’s girls have awed us all with their sharp knife skills, perfect pouring, and share some humor as
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How about a board-certified pediatrician who Googled an answer for a struggling family, and opened up a whole new world of information and training for herself? Dr. Hokehe Effiong helps families struggling with symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity to avoid the ADHD label, see the potential in their children, dig down to the root cause(s),
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Is the kitchen your escape? If you love cooking and that’s often your alone time, you may be reluctant to invite your kids into the kitchen. But if you’ve followed me for long, you may have been convinced that teaching kids to cook is an important way to grow connection, confidence, and creativity in your
I’m honored to host an expert today who didn’t just learn from books—the DeGarmo family has welcomed over 60 foster children into their home over the last 20 years. I think that means Dr. John DeGarmo definitely deserves to be hailed as a top expert on foster care! We’re all about raising healthy kids here
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Meltdowns start in the brain! In many situations your child’s brain may perceive a large gap between demand and capacity, may be flooded with emotion and not able to access the logical processing left brain, or may be feeling unsafe or threatened, and any of those situations (and more) can be at the root cause
