How Nature can help Your Child Feel Happier and Calmer

Sandi Schwartz

Sandi Schwartz is a science writer, environmental and positive psychology expert, and mom blogger who wants to help you raise happy, balanced children. She has published hundreds of articles on parenting, wellness, and environmental issues in outlets including Chicken Soup for the Soul, Scary Mommy, Motherly, Very Well Family, and numerous regional parenting magazines in the United States and Canada.

Her blog happysciencemom.com serves as a parenting toolkit for raising happy, balanced children. She shares tips, resources, and activities from the world of positive psychology to help parents teach their children how to better manage stress and improve well-being. She covers topics such as mindfulness, volunteering, awe, gratitude, sleep habits, and connecting with nature. Her blog is included on Feedspot’s list of Top 100 Mom Blogs Every Mommy Must Read in 2020. She is currently working on a parenting book about how nature can help children feel happier and calmer.

Sandi lives in Florida with her husband and two children, a daughter in elementary school and a son in middle school.