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How to relieve stress and anxiety with Calm Strips

This school year is chaotic. Really, it is what we make it so to make it a positive experience for our kids we have to wear our positivity hats in front of them. We all can save our complaining for our adult friends and the school. Even on a normal schedule without a global virus, a new school year brings stress and anxiety for many kids. To help relieve stress you can get your learning space set up with Calm Strips.

Calm Strips are sensory adhesives you can stick to multiple surfaces from notebooks and pencil boxes if they are in the classroom or laptops, desks, books if distance learning. If your kids are not used to ZOOM then logging on virtually with peers can actually be a scary, awkward new task. I have them on our laptops for our son if he feels those nerves act up as he logs on and has to virtually meet new peers. If he needs to relieve stress they are nearby for him.

Relieve Stress & Fidgeting

By grounding you in a calming scene and giving you a gentle, but textured, surface as a stimulus these strips are sure to help you or your child through this new normal. Even if your child seems to handle the stress of a new school year well, perhaps they need help to soothe fidgeting. Calm Strips are not only great to relieve stress, but help with fidgeting as well by giving them a mild distraction and busy task with their fingers.

The materials are rated to stand up to the elements, including water and sanitizing, for up to 4 years. Add them to devices, furniture, supplies and even use them with jewelry making so Calm Strips can be worn. To be proactive with you or your child’s anxiety or stress, visit Calm Strips and order today.

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Healthy Living, School, Travel

Send the kids to school with Nomader® Collapsible Water Bottle

August 7, 2020August 9, 2020 Erin Sluka

Comment: I was sent a Nomader collapsible water bottle. Thank you to Nomader for collaborating with Parenting Healthy

Send the kids to school with Nomader® Collapsible Water Bottle

Have we ever been more apprehensive about sending the kids back to school as we do with this virus? Our kids will be distant learning for now, but many are going back and we need to now teach our children proper hygiene and less sharing. You may not want them sharing supplies with other kids or drinking from the same water fountain to stay germ-safe right now. Send them to school with this lightweight, collapsible water bottle from Nomader®.

The cap is a twist cap so you can assure there will be no leakage. Rolling it up so they can toss it securely in their bag when they empty it is very simple to do. Kids can learn very easily. It is very durable, you can feel it. The materials are safe as well.

The kids need their hydration and may be used to heading to a water fountain but health experts advise carrying water bottles and avoid sharing spaces so if your child does not have a leak-proof and lightweight bottle to carry all day, this is the best collapsible water bottle I have come across in a long time for kids.

Not just for kids, but it also makes a great water bottle for hikes and campus life because it is so durable and versatile. The size when rolled up and weight are its best features aside from not leaking.

The Nomader Collapsible Water Bottle retail for $24.95 and are available in a range of stylish colors at nomader.com and at Amazon

College Bound, Home, School

College Care Packages: Succulents Subscription Boxes

August 4, 2020August 9, 2020 Erin Sluka

Comment: I was sent a Succulents box. Thank you to Succulents Box for collaborating with Parenting Healthy

College Care Packages: Succulents Subscription Boxes

I remember the day we drove our son to College for the first time. It is exciting and there was so much planning that built up to that day, but again it is a bittersweet time as well. I went crazy on care packages. I found a local baker who would deliver cupcakes for special occasions, I would order pizza to his dorm, mail snack and med packs. College care packages are a fantastic tether with your child away at school.

If you have a daughter heading off to school or even need a care package for someone ill or going through a change the Succulents Subscription Boxes are so well done and my favorite way to receive the succulents is in their clay pots so they are ready for new spots in my home right away.

I was sent the 4-pack of succulents this month with clay pots. They came wrapped very well, none were damaged. Then I got to walk around my home and cheer up a few spaces that needed a small plant as company. My dining table got a pot (above is my favorite: Baby Necklace, a Crassula) and so did my mantle (a Dancing Bones and Moonglow).

Can you imagine being away in your first place or dorm and each month a new small succulent arrives to add some fresh decor to your space? This is why I think of students who are in need of fun college care packages to look forward too.

I also think that make great gifts to send to a new Mom or as a housewarming gift – new homes and new babies are a lot of work and succulents are so easy to care for. I think every hanging basket and plant IO was given at my house warming died in days because I set it down and was just too busy and overwhelmed with unpacking to give them care at that time.

When you visit Succulents Box you will fond 5 subscription plan options and over 200 succulents. They have your favorite succulents as well as some rare ones also. Order your succulents or choose a subscription plan today at Succulents Box.

Coronovirus 2020, Healthy Living, Reviews, School

HandiGuru provides wearable protection from germs, sun, and bugs

August 4, 2020August 9, 2020 Erin Sluka

Comment: I was sent a HandiGURU. Thank you to HandiGURU for collaborating with Parenting Healthy

HandiGuru provides wearable protection from germs, sun, and bugs

If you would have asked me 6 months ago if I were to get excited about wearable hand sanitizer I would have thought you were crazy. But as I start to plan travels as things can open up I am suddenly aware of extras to carry around – add masks and sanitizers so I maintain protection from germs and viruses to everything else in tow. HandiGUru™ has the gels and lotions covered and I still leave space in my bag.

You wear it on your wrist and once you use the provided bottle to fill it with gels or lotions such as hand sanitizer, sunscreen or repellents you have access as easy as a squeeze of the silicone band. If you have to travel or are packed full in your park bag, you will be covered with HandiGuru’s self-sealing compartment

HandiGURU comes in “Guru Gray”, “Infinite Black” and “Transcendental Blue”. The band is made of FDA-approved, recyclable silicone. It is very easy to fill with its bottle and I use it with sanitizer for easy protection from germs and it does not leak and you get just the perfect amount with each squeeze.

We have enough to worry about and now enter masks and sanitizers. This would make a great gift for employees or your children’s Teacher or Coaches. Don’t forget to send your student off with one too!

HandiGuru^TMwas developed by Benjamin Anderson, a Santa Barbara-based professional artist of 20 years (www.benjaminanderson.com)

HandiGuru provides wearable protection from germ

You can get HandiGURU by visiting their website. They are $11.95 and ship free! The most fashionable protection from germs and more!