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TUESDAYS NATURALLY: Plantain – A Backyard Godsend For Healing and Nutrition
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Today’s societies view so many valuable plants as pesky weeds and Plantain is at the top of the list. I’m not talking about Plantains, the cousin of the banana, I’m talking about the herbaceous plant that can be found all over the world in backyards, meadows, lawns and commonly along any roadside. The Plantain family…
Everyday Ways to Empower Your Child’s Math, Science and Reading Skills
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Learning is not something that is done just at school, nor is teaching. I believe parents should play a big part in helping their children learn everything from math, to science to reading to spelling and grammar. I know we are all busy with keeping our lives going, but if you leave your child’s education solely…
FRIDAY WISDOM: CONSCIOUSNESS
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Friday Wisdom is shared from Christine Agro’s Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Each Deck has 42 cards and a booklet that offer insight and guidance for parenting consciously. Consciousness Card #23 in The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Today I drew the Consciousness Card. Consciousness is a state of being. It is being…
INSIGHT: If You Keep Getting the Same Lesson, Ask a Different Question.
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Yesterday I drove home from a visit in Buffalo with my Mom. Caidin was happily watching movies in the back which left me with seven hours to listen to the radio, sing along and eventually to just think. Quite a novelty! I used to have a hard time speaking in public and even the idea…
6 Ways to Get Your Toddler to Talk To Their Long-Distance Grandparents
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
I met a Mom who lived in Brooklyn and her parents lived in Austria. She commented that her toddler wouldn’t talk to them on the phone and when her daughter sees them in person she is also hesitant to interact with them. It can be hard for little ones, first to know what to say…
Tuesdays Naturally: How to Manage Conjunctivitis (Pink-Eye) Naturally
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
There are two real challenges with pink-eye. First is that it is highly contagious which creates the second challenge. Your child cannot go to school until it is cleared up. Conjunctivitis generally starts in one eye and is then spread to the other within 2-3 days. When working holistically it is helpful to treat both…
Wanted: A Parent Who Will See Me and Hear Me. P.S. I’m Not Coming In Until I Get One!
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Many of the children coming into the world today are conscious and have no intentions of losing their consciousness. Unlike our generation and generations before, ‘children should be seen and not heard’ is a model that no longer applies. Try to apply it to today’s kids and they will meet their dismissal and suppression with…
FRIDAY WISDOM: EXPAND – Guidance to Help Your Child With Fear, Lack and Uncertainty
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Friday Wisdom is shared from Christine Agro’s Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Each Deck has 42 cards and a booklet that offer insight and guidance for parenting consciously. Expand Card #39 in The Conscious Living Wisdom Cards (Special Moms’ Edition) Today I drew the Expand Card. If you ever take a class with me or…
What Can Animals Teach Our Children?
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Yesterday Caidin fished a frog out of the pool. He asked me if we could keep him. I don’t like bringing animals in from the outside as I feel they have their own life and we are taking them away from it. But I figured we could keep him overnight and then return him to…
Eight Of My Favorite Books To Read When Caidin Was Little (and Why Reading To Your Child is So Important)
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Christine Agro, The Conscious Mom
Reading has always played big part in our life with Caidin. We started reading to Caidin when he was a month old. My husband Chuck would even read the sports section to Caidin with a sing-song voice. Whether that’s why Caidin is a strong reader and has such a love of reading, it’s hard to…
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