Is your child picking up more than the ABC’s in school? While you’re packing your child’s backpack with the pencils, notebooks and tools they’ll need for a great school year, don’t forget the supplies they’ll need to stay healthy and germ-free, too.
Through, MyBlogSpark, Seventh Generation gave me a “Back-to-School” kit that includes a Seventh Generation backpack, two canisters of Seventh Generation disinfecting wipes (one for my home and one to donate to my child´s classroom), disinfecting multi-surface spray cleaner, facial tissue and paper towels. Now assuming you read my past Seventh Generation review, you’ll know that I’ve became a HUGE fan of Seventh Generation, but what you don’t know is that because of the first set of products I’ve used the Seventh Generation brand regularly! My “part-time” is becoming less and less part time, leaving me less and less time to spend cleaning the house, running errands, etc, so I truly appreciate anything that is going to make my day easier and more efficient and if it happens to be a green product, all the better!
This school year, Seventh Generation is sharing tips from best-selling author and pediatrician, Dr. Alan Greene, to help parents protect their child’s health during back-to-school season. Dr. Greene suggests taking the following precautions:
Optimize the immune system
- Be sure your child is getting plenty of vitamin D from the sun, from food, or from a supplement.
- Build a strong foundation. Good food, good sleep, and good physical activity all help the immune system to flourish.
- Be wise about reducing unnecessary exposure to harmful germs
- Teach children the key times to clean their hands in the classroom. The most important times include after sneezing, coughing or using the restroom, upon leaving “high-risk” places (recess, naptime, play stations) and before meals or snacks.
- Demonstrate to your children how to cover their mouth and nose for every cough and sneeze. This simple maneuver has spectacular results in decreasing the spread of viruses and bacteria floating about the room, waiting to be inhaled.
How would you like to win a Seventh Generation “Back-to-School” kit”?
To enter you need to leave a comment sharing a tip or tips for keeping your kids healthy and germ-free before midnight CST on September 20th. You must do this entry to be eligible to win!
On September 21st, I will use the “And The Winner Is…” plugin to pick the winner. After verifying that the winner has completed the mandatory entry I will email them, so please be sure to leave a valid e-mail address. The winner will have 48 hours to respond before I pick new winners. US entries only please.
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The Seventh Generation product, gift pack, and additional gift pack to give away were all given to me from Seventh Generation through MyBlogSpark.
love that they are safe and green!
by making sure they wash their hands frequently, and using disinfectant wipes! myanjim@yahoo.com
teaching them to sneeze- cough in arms is great as well as not be afraid to wash hands before eating or even wiping off a desk before class
I try to see that my children wash their hands as often as possible!
We make sure to wash hands after playing with friends, sharing toys, etc.
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We try to eat healthy meals, take a daily vitamin, get plenty of sleep and wash our hands frequently.
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To keep my son healthy I make sure he eats a balanced diet and washes his hands often. Thanks for the chance!
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You can never use too much hand sanitizer! We carry it with us in the car and use it everyday after school, and after every place we’ve been.
I’m a subscriber.
I insist my kids wash their hands before eating, after using the bathroom or whenever dirty.
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I teach them to wash their hands
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We stay healthy and germ free with lots of disinfectant including wipes, hand sanitizer, and hand-washing
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Always keep hand santizer handy.
9/9 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24075294036
I have my daughter wash their hands often.
9/10 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24141607385
9/11 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24202069043
I keep my kids healthy by having them wash their hands frequently. topgun34er(at)hotmail(dot)com
We use disinfecting wipes on everything
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9/12 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24329343793
I serve a variety of healthy foods to build immune systems and we do a lot of handwashing.
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I tweet this contest on my Twitter.
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My son washes his hands with warm water and soap often.
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9/13 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24403055988
Tip: plenty of fruits and veggies help build the immune system and ward off those back to school colds
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I keep my kids immunizations up, I talk to them about not sharing with other kids hair brushes and coats. I teach them how to properly wash thier hands and to use a paper towel to open the bathroom stall door at schools and resturants.
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9/14 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24536588015
9/15 tweet at http://twitter.com/justicecw/status/24617934794
The primary thing is to emphasize handwashing–first, last and always!
9/16 tweet at http://twitter.com/#!/justicecw/status/24722029381
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I have my family wash their hands with soap & water frequently & disinfect door knobs, light switches, and counters.
Handwashing is strongly encouraged (and sometimes supervised).
My son is almost 2. I keep hand sanitizer in every bag I own. Purse, diaper bag, in the car. So I can keep our hands clean when we are out shopping. The little individually wrapped Wet Ones wipes are great to carry around too to wipe down shopping cart handles, restaurant tables and high chairs and public restroom changing tables!
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9/18 tweet at http://twitter.com/#!/justicecw/status/24901452070
we disinfect backpacks after school
Wash hands a lot.
Take of shoes at door to not track in germs from shoes.
Pack lots of hand sanitizer in their backpacks!
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The simplest tip is to have them wash their hands often or use hand sanitizer and wash off door handles, light switches often with bleach or hydrogen peroxide.
We keep wipes under every sink in the house.
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We try to keep our kids healthy and germ-free by wrapping them in sterilized saran wrap – JUST KIDDING! Actually, we try to emphasize the importance and benefits of good personal hygiene!
By wiping things down good, like knows, handles and faucets
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we wash our hands alot
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We stress washing your hands! they must wash their hands. suelee1998 @ gmail.com
We keep tons of germ-x, soap, and wipes every where in the house and car.
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We wash our hands alot! Thanks!
Explain good handwashing techniques!
I send a ton of antibacterial gel with my kids to school with them. I also teach them to wash their hands.
I follow you on twitter @samman324 and tweeted this giveaway @ http://twitter.com/samman324/status/25047486019
I tote hand sanitizer and use it frequently
We wash hands with soap & water frequently.
We wash our hands a lot and use hand sanitizer
9/20 tweet at http://twitter.com/#!/justicecw/status/25062595146
Regular hand washing.
We clean the house alot and wash sheets and clothes often.
I make homemade keifer, buy organic produce, cook from scratch, no junk food and exercise every day.
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Thanks for the giveaway…we try to keep our kids healthy and germ-free during the school year, as well as our home, by having them remove their shoes when they return home from school, and directing them to the nearest sink to wash their hands to knock down as much virus & bacteria as possible !!!
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We wash our hands often and use hand sanitizer when we can’t!
We try to stay healthy with lots of hand washing
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Washing our hands for as long s it takes to sing happy birthday!
I have them wash their hands frequently.
We wash our hands often and I disinfect commonly used areas.
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