Welcome to the Growing Healthy Kids Community!

Wow! Where to start? Although folks usually suggest that the beginning is a great place to start, I promise I won't bore you with all the details of my life's passions and experiences that led me here.

What I will share is this...I am in awe of the miracle that is the human body! I never tire of reading and researching information related to how it works, how things affect how it works, and how to keep it working! I am also heartbroken and appalled at the state of health in the U.S. and around the world, especially the health of our children.

The resources and information that describe and discuss what the body needs to be healthy and to function as it was intended and designed are seemingly endless. So why is it that we are so sick? Why are our children suffering from dysfunction and disease that used to be reserved for middle-aged adults?

Have you heard that this generation of children…our children…is the first generation in the history of the U.S. that is predicted to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents? What can be done to “stop the madness” and reverse these trends? Is it even possible?

I not only believe that it is possible to reverse these trends, but also that it is possible to build a new paradigm that supports true health and wellness. I also believe that this paradigm shift has already begun.

People are starting to stand up and take notice. They are sick and tired of feeling sick and tired and stressed and depressed and hate that the children in their lives are suffering the same…or worse.

They are beginning to ask the tough questions. They are beginning to realize that there is empowerment in knowledge and understanding and that it is easier and cheaper to be healthy than to be sick. There is great value in and countless benefits of being an educated consumer and taking control of one’s health and the health of one’s family.

The mission of this community is to serve as a conduit of information for Growing Healthy Kids and Sowing Healthy Habits from Toddler to Teen! It will be a place where parents, grandparents, teachers, health care providers and other caregivers to children can share their knowledge and experiences so that together we can accelerate the paradigm shift.

Our children deserve an opportunity to experience all the blessings of the long, vibrant and healthy life that awaits each of them.

Growing Healthy Kids is possible, and it begins with us!