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v. to fashion:

to make, create, build or forge by combining the necessary materials with a precise design (my interpretation added)
We enjoy watching our Dad, the original Can-Do Man, work his magic. He has an uncanny ability to take something that looks utterly impossible and turn it into a completely doable project. He is often able to “fashion” that elusive, yet perfect tool, needed for accomplishing a specific goal. It could be anything from specialized product shelving for odd-shaped spaces, to the perfect inventory tracking invention. The materials and resources he uses may be basic and readily available, but it’s his insight that takes something plain and makes it wonderfully astounding.

Christopher Gavigan of Healthy Child Healthy World has the same gift. He has used his insight, ability and knowledge to forge a tool unlike any I’ve seen. It was nothing less than invigorating to read and absorb every last tidbit of his new book. I came away feeling even more able to improve my children’s bottom line than ever before.

Christopher explains in convincing detail why it’s necessary to make changes in our children’s environment:

Child development is a precise, delicate process. Kids between one and five eat three to four times more food per pound of body weight than the average adult; by the same measure, the air intake of a resting infant is twice that of an adult. Children absorb more nutrients and consequently, more toxins than we do. Because their metabolic systems are still developing, their ability to detoxify and excrete harmful chemicals differs from that of adults, often leaving them more vulnerable to substances we all encounter. What’s more, children and babies are more likely than adults to come in contact with these contaminants in the first place, since they spend more time on or close to the ground, indoors and out. And infants explore by putting everything in their mouths.

The foundation of the book is built on a common sense approach, providing simple steps for creating minor changes which result in major payoffs. Christopher reassures parents that it’s never too late to start - you have more control over this situation than you think . . .

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