The Organic Nanny's Guide to Raising Healthy Kids: How to Create a Natural Diet and Lifestyle for Your Child

by Barbara Rodriguez, Eve Adamson (With)

Who needs a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down when professional nanny Barbara Rodriguez has tips to make the medicine go away? In The Organic Nanny's Guide to Raising Healthy Kids , Rodriguez shows parents some simple lifestyle changes that can help them dramatically improve the well-being of their children.

As a nanny, Rodriguez has seen some disturbing trends -- toxic foods, childhood obesity, insomnia, and a lack of communication between parents and children. Her advice? Nutritious food and natural remedies to resolve chronic health and behavior issues. The Organic Nanny's Guide to Raising Healthy Kids will help parents put their children on a more natural track and give them a childhood to remember.

Genres: Parenting

272 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2012

Reviews

[Jen]

A few good recipes. Also, she suggests no time outs, which is an awesome addition to the cacophony of parenting advice I hear every single time I'm trying to figure out how to parent. Now what?

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though she can be a bit overly new age - my favorite was when she included as one of her reasons for avoiding dairy the fact that "mothers of all species should unite" she does have some great advice. A lot of it is simple food advice similar to what you would find from a Pollan. Eat whole foods, avoid sugar, eat organic and local when possible. But she also touches on some recipes and cleaning ideas which would be helpful for families. Not bad overall.