Integrated Parenting

Co-Creating Healthy, Compassionate, Wise Families

Kids (And You!) Need LOTS of Animal Fats

I often get emails from my readers who are vegetarian or vegan and struggling to heal. Much as I respect the ideological and environmental motivators for veggie diets, in physical terms, they are simply not good for the human body.
Dr. Weston A. Price was a dentist in the 1920’s who spent 10 years of his [...]

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Why Sunscreen Lotions Are Bad For Your Skin

My 3 Sunscreen-Free Kids in Puerto Vallarta
Hopefully, many of you have already heard about why putting sunscreen on your skin – or children’s skin – is actually damaging it.
Sunscreen may reduce the outward appearance of damage (i.e. it takes longer for your kids skin to look and feel sunburned), but what you’re not taking into [...]

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Homeschooling & Unschooling

I’ve been thinking and reading a bit about homeschooling (also known as “unschooling”) lately and am feeling myself gradually coming round to embracing the idea more and more.
I think, like many parents, my number one fear is: What will I do with the kids around ALL day, every day?? How will I ever get [...]

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