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In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking, interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship and more to help parents get tools to raise healthy, independent kids.
131: Parenting Like an Entrepreneur: Prioritizing Connections and Marketing Success to Your Kids with Rob Hughes
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...
Kids Cooking Class Review: Mom Doesn’t LIKE Having Kids in the Kitchen – How Will She Teach Her Kids to Cook?
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...
128: Kids Who Aren’t Loved & How We Can ALL Help Foster Kids with Dr. John DeGarmo
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...
123: Practical Baby Steps to Reducing Plastic Use With Sandra Harris
I thought I was pretty “green” and “crunchy” after almost a decade and a half using stainless steel water bottles, but I still learned so much from our guest today! Say Goodbye To Plastic is new book by Sandra Ann Harris, founder of ECOlunchbox, which we’ve been using for years packing lunches. She dropped some...
122: First Steps to Gardening with Kids with Nicky Schauder of Permaculture Gardens
Sure, we teach kids to cook…but the beginning of connection with your food is to GROW it. People often assume I garden with my kids as well as cook, but my brown thumb is a real weakness! 🙁 I called upon my friend Nicky Schauder, founder of Permaculture Gardens, to help us out with some...
120: I Want My Kids to Be “Marketing Proof” | Teaching Kids about Advertising
Digital advertising spending aimed at kids is expected to reach 1.7 billion dollars this year, increasing 42% from 3 years ago. In 2006 young people were estimated to see more than 40,000 ads per year…do your kids have the armor they need to protect them from the onslaught of untruths coming at them??? Today we’ll...
My Top Tips for Teaching Table Manners to Kids
When? When will my children just SIT at the table and EAT? It’s an outcry I hear from parents often. Will they stop throwing food? Stop getting out of their seat? Stop pouring milk on their brother’s head? (No personal experience there, I promise.) I hate to tell you … but as with most parenting...
119: Sleep Coaching for Attachment Parenting (Gentle, Timely & Healthy Sleep Habits for Kids from Infancy to Childhood)
I have a vague, fuzzy recollection of learning the Sleep Lady Shuffle when I was a young mom. I don’t think I did it quite right, hence the fuzzy brain from lack of sleep, but I love everything about it! If you’re in a phase of parenting where sleep is a challenge, whether you have...
116: Emotional Eating Habits Start in Childhood (how to avoid that with your kids!)
Raise a thumb if you’ve caught yourself stress eating in the past year… How about rewarding yourself for getting through the day with a little something to indulge in (sugary treats or alcohol)? And have you seen anyone in your household engage in emotional eating? Eating because you’re sad, stressed, anxious, worried, overwhelmed, etc? We...
113: 3 Questions to Ask Kids When the News Is Scary
The news has had plenty of scary events over the last year (and let’s face it, the news isn’t exactly known for flowers and puffy clouds even before that). At what age is it ok for kids to watch the news? How much should they know about the world? Where’s the balance between information and...