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Produce Produces Heftier Newborns: Fruits and Veggies Linked to Healthy Birth Weights

Jul 31, 2015 08:18AM

Pregnant women that eat lots of fruits and veggies give birth to babies with higher birth weight, which is linked to better brain development throughout the infant’s life.

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Adventures in Nature: Families Create Memories at Nearby Parks

Jun 30, 2015 08:16AM ● By Harriet Shugarman

Showing off the glories of nature to our kids can be as easy as taking off to the nearest state park for a camping weekend.

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Eating Peanuts Early On Reduces Allergy Risk: Decrease Chances of Reactions Later in Life

Jun 30, 2015 08:14AM

Scientists have found that letting high-risk children eat peanuts before their first birthday sharply slashes their allergy risk.

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Natural Dads: How They Raise Conscious Kids

May 29, 2015 09:32AM ● By Lane Vail

Dads that are highly involved in their kids’ lives can impart critical lessons about caring, eco-ethical choices and daily resourcefulness.

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Dancing Good-for-You Fun at Dance Arts in Naples

Jul 31, 2013 11:45AM

Dance instruction for children is known to help them develop a strong, healthy body and brain through movement, and to increase body awareness, control, balance, coordination, self-discipline and self-esteem.

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Cosmic Smiles for Kids: Initiating a Lifetime of Good Oral Health

Oct 31, 2012 07:24PM ● By Linda Sechrist

Eighteen years as a doctor of dental surgery has enhanced Tamara Robison’s natural talent for making her pediatric patients feel at home in a room full of intimidating equipment.

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Renaissance School: Nurturing Curious, Creative and Gifted Thinkers

Aug 01, 2011 08:34AM ● By Linda Sechrist

At the Renaissance School, learning is an engaging voyage of discovery of the world and one’s self. Children are taught valuable problem solving and time management skills necessary to live in the real world.

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Conscious Parenting: A New Future Begins at Home

May 03, 2011 08:21AM ● By Linda Sechrist

Holistic Mom’s Executive Director and founder Nancy Massotto cites the growing interest in a grassroots trend: holistic and conscious parenting.

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Organic Diaper Home Delivery Starts this Month

Feb 28, 2011 04:21PM

Families in Collier and Lee counties will soon be able to clothe their infants in more environmentally friendly ways without having to go to the store, as Eco-Baby Diaper Service LLC begins weekly home delivery of unbleached, organic cotton diapers.

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December Kudos: New Mural at Nature Conservancy

Dec 06, 2010 10:55PM

Local students of the Village School have created a mural that is being used in the new Nature Zone at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, in Naples.

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Schools Benefit from Federal Food Program: Increasing Children's Consumption of Healthy Foods

Oct 11, 2010 07:40AM

Eight Collier and four Lee County elementary schools are among the 130-plus schools throughout Florida that have been selected for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program for the current academic year.

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Baby Signs Program Boosts Communication

Sep 25, 2010 06:45PM

Speech-language pathologists and Baby Signs independent certified instructors, are offering the Baby Signs program to help young children communicate with peers, parents and other adults, through the use of simple signs.

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Kids Rock Music: An Ear-pleasing Music for Every Age

Aug 01, 2010 12:00AM ● By Lili Marlene

Cara Webster of Kids Rock Music Class sees every day that rhythm rouses children's bodies and melody stirs their brains through singing, dancing, clapping and playing to music.

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Center of Eternal Light Offers Children’s Program

Aug 01, 2010 12:00AM

The Center of Eternal Light, in North Fort Myers, is offering a Little Lights children’s program. Participants learn how to meditate, plus e...

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Monarch Therapy: The Language of Play in Psychotherapy

Aug 01, 2010 12:00AM ● By Linda Sechrist

It’s not difficult for Kimberly Rodgers, a licensed social worker and owner of Monarch Therapy, LLC, to imagine walking a few miles in her clients’ shoes.

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