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Keeping Tradition

The warmth of summer brings back memories from some of the best times spent with my family as a child. The smell of cut grass or a barbecue can conjure vivid images of playing softball, catching fireflies, and making chalk murals on the driveway with my sister. With these memories comes a sense of longing […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Fifner, Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, fifner.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Jami Dellifield, Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, dellifield.2@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • http://parenting247.org/article.cfm?ContentID=688

REFERENCES:

  • https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/identifying-successful-families-overview-constructs-and-selected-measures#defining
  • http://livesmartohio.osu.edu/mind-and-body/treber-1osu-edu/vacation-take-time-to-relax-refresh-and-recharge/
  • http://livesmartohio.osu.edu/food/bohlen-19osu-edu/picnic-food-safety-checklist/

The Kids Are Out of School: What Am I Going To Feed Them?

School is almost out for the summer, are you ready? One big transition with having the kiddos home for summer is what to feed them. This article will give you some ideas, and a recipe to try! USDA uses MyPlate model for a representation of how to build a healthy plate. To get all the nutrients we […]

WRITTEN BY: Susan Zies, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Wood County & Ashley Parsons, BGSU Dietetic Intern with OSU Extension, Wood County

REVIEWED BY: Dan Remley, Field Specialist, Food, Nutrition and Wellness, OSU Extension

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Whole Grains Council and Ashley Parson.

SOURCES:

  • http://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/what-is-a-whole-grain
  • http://www.choosemyplate.gov/MyPlate

Building 21st Century Family Relationship Skills

  How should OSU Extension go about Strengthening Ohio Families and Communities? What are the relationship skills needed to nurture Ohio’s families into the future.   Let me refer back to an earlier post Parenting Today = Tomorrow’s Leaders to guide us in this exploration.  This past post tackled the question of what parenting strategies to […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins, FCS Extension Educator, Clermont County

REVIEWED BY: Shawna Hite, FCS, Healthy People Program Specialist; James Bates, Field Specialist, Family Wellness, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/family-and-relationships/jenkins-188osu-edu/parenting-today-tomorrows-leaders/
  • http://extension.osu.edu/about/conversations-future-osu-extension
  • http://extension.osu.edu/about/conversations-future-extension/forecasting-ohio-2035

REFERENCES:

  • http://extension.osu.edu/sites/ext/files/imce/About_docs/Future_Conversations/17%20trends-social_skills_competencies_and_relationships_across_community_and_family_environments.pdf

Parenting Today = Tomorrow’s Leaders

All of us have been parented in a manner that guides us along the path to becoming contributing members of society. Parenting is the major task of the work of the family. Generally, we parent the way we were parented. Family traditions are occurrences from the past that families want to carry forward to help […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins, Extension Educator, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Jim Bates, Field Specialist, Family Wellness, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences & Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • OSU Extension LOOK to Clermont Program

Is Sodium Sneaking Into Your Diet?

According to the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines, 89% of the U.S. population ages 1 year and older have a sodium intake above the daily recommendation. Males (14-70 years old) average about 4320mg of sodium per day. On the other hand, females (14-70 years old) average about 3042mg of sodium per day . These numbers are alarming, […]

WRITTEN BY: Susan Zies, OSU Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences and Shannon Smith, BGSU DIetetic Intern with Ohio State University Extension in Wood County

REVIEWED BY: Cheryl Spires, R. D., L. D., Program Specialist, SNAP Ed, OSU Extension Northwest Region, spires.53@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Shannon Smith, BGSU DIetetic Intern with Ohio State University Extension in Wood County, sshann@bgsu.edu

SOURCES:

  • Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Washington (DC): USDA and US Department of Health and Human Services 2015

Change is. . . What you make of it.

All around us, we experience change. I change, you change. The seasons change, the scenery changes, jobs change, the ideas we have and our very attitudes in life change. The real question is: How do we handle the change? When we are deliberate in change, we actively plan and then follow through with action. But […]

WRITTEN BY: Shawn M. Ochs

REVIEWED BY: Lisa Siciliano-Miller

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • MS Word Clip Art

SOURCES:

  • Charles Darwin
  • Leahy, R.L. (2006). The Worry Cure. CA: Thee Rivers Press

REFERENCES:

  • Thomas, B. (2010). Powered By Happy. Naperville, Il: Sourcebooks

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