wow! thats my neice! i was shocked to see her on here. ive watched her on youtube and saw her on rachael ray and 20/20 but i didnt expect to see her in my weekly  mercola letter! :) way to go lilly!  Love - you're aunt victoria. :)

Though extremely impressive, in a way it is also sad that a child this young has been hammered full of this information.  I hope she doesn't become one dimensional or spiteful in later years.  Your only a kid once...I have a similar outlook as sarazoom does I think.

colefamily, I‘ve switched to this Omega 3 supplement for my family http://www.water4.net/. My daughter is vegetarian, so fish oil wasn‘t acceptable to her. And as they say on their website "Omega-3, EPA & DHA doesn‘t come from fish, it comes from algae, the food they eat." It‘s organically grown.

My husband and I both take fish oil daily to get our Omegas as well as consume flaxseed. However, I was wondering if there is any risk of harming an unborn child due to mercury in the fish?  I have hunted around and I have not yet found any fish oil that is mercury free.  Does anybody have any information on this?

My 3 year old cousin hasn't even been to any school yet and he can read and count and comprehend so much that it would blow anyone's mind away.  I asked his mother how?  It has nothing to do with what he eats.  Well, I'm sure it's a small factor, but she just buys him all of these educational toys that he loves and he sits there all day on them and learns letters and shapes and sounds and objects.  The key is for parents to make kinds WANT to learn more, not to force them to learn.  You can do that by asking them a million questions and answering their millions of questions.  That is one easy thing that parents can do and don't.  Most parents are too busy or too lasy to hang out with their kids.  Whether you toss your kids in front of a tv or even a healthier alternative, out in the backyard, you still don't have someone there really challenging your child's mind.

I have a very smart 4 year old who had age two as well new any geography I could teach him.  However, I would still have to agree to some extent with Masonsmama about  the importance of letting children learn on their own.  I soon realized the importance of this after seeing what was motivating my sons learning and also doing some research and learning about some of Rudolf Steiners philosophies.  Not to say there is no room for teaching and I don't regret having spent the time with my son teaching him Geography, but I do see the difference in his self- confidence and ability to make himself content now that I'm aware of his need to learn things on his own and self motivate.  It's about supporting his wholeness not just his ability to learn what is put in front of him and memorize.  I did breast feed him until his toddler years  and of course always made sure he ate wholesome foods and set strong healthy eating habits from day one but I also let him eat the occasional not so healthy food if it's time appropriate instead of totally restricting him at the cost of him feeling self conscious.