Hello Mommies and Daddies. Thank you for reading with me today! As you know, I created happyhealthychildren.org to help parents throw off today’s toxic modern culture and get back to the basics of raising happy, healthy children. Today I want to talk with you about cell phones and infertility.  The causes of infertility are vast, ranging from problems with anatomy to chemical imbalances.  Historically, infertility has more often been caused by problems with the female partner. However, over the past several decades, male infertility is increasing due, in part, to falling sperm counts ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Thank you for reading with me today! As you know, I created happyhealthychildren.org to help parents throw off today’s toxic modern culture and get back to the basics of raising happy, healthy children. Today I want to talk with you about raising children with a spirit of courage.  Get out and enjoy the beautiful creation! 2nd Timothy 1:7 says “for God gave us a spirit, not of fear, but of power and love and self-control”.  In fact, there are over 300 Bible verses telling us not to be afraid.  Why is raising children with a spirit of courage so importa ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Thank you for reading with me today! As you know, I started happyhealthychildren.org to help parents get back to basics of raising happy, healthy children. For those of you who live in northern climates, you may not believe this, but spring is already here and summer is just around the corner. For those of us who live in year-around warm climates, we are already feeling the heat. So today I want to talk with you about the important topic of heat exhaustion. The great outdoors awaits! Many parents who read this blog are joined with me in wanting their children to ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Thank you for reading with me today! As you know, I created happyhealthychildren.org to help parents throw off today’s toxic modern culture and get back to the basics of raising happy, healthy children. Today I want to talk with you about alternatives to baby formula. Feed them the best! You may be asking why I am discussing alternatives to baby formula rather than just encouraging mothers to breastfeed.  While I am a big proponent of breast-feeding (please check out my video Breastfeeding and its Benefits to Both Mom and Baby), there are many mothers who either ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Welcome back to happyhealthychildren.org where we help parents throw off the toxic elements of modern-day culture and return to the basics of raising happy, healthy children.  Today I want to talk with you about chores and children. I have had several parents tell me that they are against having their children perform chores because “they didn’t have children to make the children their servants”.  Other parents look at chores as good and healthy duties for their children. Let’s take a look at what some of the scientific data shows us about chores and childr ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Welcome back to happyhealthychildren.org where we help parents throw off the toxic elements of modern-day culture and return to the basics of raising happy, healthy children.  In my last blog post, I discussed the extensive benefits of reading to your children when they are young.  Today I want to talk with you about choosing quality books for your children. It has been said by many an educator “it doesn’t matter what your child is reading, as long as they are reading”.  I would argue that this statement is incorrect. And the reason it is incorrect can ..read more

Hello. Thank you for reading with me!  Happyhealthychildren.org is here to provide you with information that will help you raise happy, healthy children! This post will address why reading to your children is important and whether you need to read to them or if they can get the same benefits by having a device read to them. What skills do children acquire when parents read to them? To better understand the benefits of reading to your children, let’s take a look at a study performed by researchers at the University of Chicago.  These researchers followed a group of 1 to 2 ½ year-old c ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Thank you for reading with me today! Happyhealthychildren.org is here to provide you with information you need get back to the basics of raising happy, healthy children. Today I want to talk with you about school choice. What is school choice? For the purpose of this post, we will define school choice as the decision that parents make on behalf of their children regarding where to send them to school. Some people politicize the issue of school choice. This post is not a political one. Its purpose is to provide you, as parents, information on available school options ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies.  Thank you for reading with me today!  Happyhealthychildren.org is here to provide you with scientific information that will help you raise the happiest, healthiest children possible.  In keeping with that, I want to talk with you today about one of the most important topics in modern-day child-rearing: screen time.  The reason screen time is such an important topic is because the use of screens among today’s children is almost universal. Yet the implications of screen time on children’s happiness and health is rarely discussed. Give the gift of r ..read more

Hello Mommies and Daddies. Thank you for reading with me today. At happyhealthychildren.org, our goal is to provide you with scientific information you need to raise happy, healthy children. Today I want to talk to you about ultra-processed foods, what they are and why they are making so many children sick. A good way to live! Perhaps a ridiculous question, but what is food? In order to understand what ultra-processed foods are and why they are bad for us, we must first understand what nutrition is and why it is important to us. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, food is “material ..read more