I See The Potential
Healthy eating, nutrition, and understanding what food labels are REALLY saying were all topics covered in our grocery shopping tour with guest, Kimberly Lord Stewart. Ms. Stewart is the author of Eating Between the Lines: The Supermarket Shopper’s Guide to the Truth Behind Food Labels. She is the recipient of two 2004 Association of Food Journalist awards [...]
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Today in Michigan is primary election day. Today’s one of those days when we can learn who’s serious and who’s just part of the peanut gallery barking at those on the field but unwilling to actually do something. Look, since the time this country started fighting for it’s freedom we’ve had over 1,095,000 US soldiers [...]
This weekend out at the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Michigan the skies above SE Michigan will be roaring with the sounds of the Thunder Over Michigan Air Show. A selection of SOME of the great things going on at the show this weekend includes:
Seven year old Julie Murphy had a lemonade stand. Little Julie set her stand up at a community monthly art fair. A community Health inspector busts Little Julie for not having a $120 license. Inspector asks Julie to leave to avoid a potential $500 fine. Little Julie and her mom ignore the first inspector. Little [...]
SpaghettiOs, frozen dinners pulled from shelves 15 Million Pounds Of SpaghettiO’s are being recalled (some frozen dinners from Marie Callender too) because somebody screwed up and didn’t realize that a cooker wasn’t working correctly.
This weekend we’re doing a show that Staci has really been wanting to do for a while and is really excited to share with you. In the summer we’re bombarded with the suntan, sunblock, sun lotion argument … So what’s a parent to do when it comes to keeping their family safe in the sun? [...]
Every business out there it trying to reinvent themselves. In that spirit some cemeteries are starting to craft themselves as a great venue for parties, concerts ……. even weddings. Could you see taking your kids to a party or celebration a the local cemetery? Forget The Movies … Let’s Go To The Cemetery!
Evidently having four product recalls in 6 months isn’t a good thing – “The matter of a series of Tylenol recalls has been referred to the Food and Drug Administration’s crime division, an FDA official told lawmakers Thursday.” and the child’s recall, it turns out it was because of “…some of the products could contain [...]
Two great (and helpful) articles that I ran across this morning: Dr. Dean Ornish: How to Transform Your Lifestyle and Your Life (Part One) Mark Hyman, MD: 5 Simple Steps to Cure IBS
Dr. Christine Wood is on a mission to help us all have healthier kids. Of course she’s a doctor, so that shouldn’t really be a surprise. However, something that might surprise you are some of the following statistics: American children get 40% of their calories from extra fat and added sugars. Podcast: Play in new [...]
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We shared the air with health care advocate and Vaccine expert Mary Tocco on April 18th and Mary shared with us a TON of useful information, stats, facts and figures about the US Vaccine program. I know this is one of those lightning rod topics. It seems the whole Podcast: Play in new window | [...]
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Study: Spanking Leads To More Aggressive Behavior – Time Magazine Spanking Kids Makes Them More Aggressive, Defiant & Prone To Tantrums – NY Daily News Spanking Leads To More Aggressive Kids – NPR Spanking Toddlers Leads To Aggressive Behavior – Baltimore Sun Spanking Is (Still) Wrong – NY Times ~ Motherlode Blog Spanking Your Kid [...]
We’re hearing lots of hype about the Apple Ipad this week and I have to admit that after checking one out myself it’s a pretty impressive little tool. The question of course is …. what kind of tool is it really? It’s easy to criticize it as just a blown up IPod, Ipod Touch, Iphone, [...]
I ran across this anti-bullying website for kids and parents (primarily younger kids). It’s got some good information on it and some scenarios that parents can work through with their kids. I especially liked that it had some good resources, book recommendations, tip sheets, etc.. Best of all there are little animated scenes that you [...]
An eight year old with dyslexia goes to school day after day and gets bullied. Bullying classmates call him stupid, dumb, pick on him …. you know the drill. One day they pull down his pants in public. Eight year old has had enough and jumps out the window of the second floor.
Currently in the “Autism world” there is a huge debate raging about the nomination of Ari Ne’eman by President Obama to the National Council on Disability. His nomination has since been blocked by virtue of a Senate procedure called a “parliamentary hold”. Of the eight nominees to the council only Mr. Ne’eman’s has been blocked. [...]
