question from Kerry Keane Conway:
I have another question... if we limit the amount of dairy, or remove dairy, from our kids diet, how concerned do we have to be about them getting adequate amounts of calcium and what foods provide the best source? There is so much conflicting info out there.
Great question Kerry.  we have been bamboozled into thinking we need dairy for calcium.  The truth of the matter is the U.S. eats more dairy than any other country and has more hip fractures/replacements - bone density issues than anywhere in the world..... We do not absorb as much calcium from dairy as we do when we obtain it from plant sources. 
When you eat a diet that is healthy full of veggies, beans, nuts and seeds it is impossible to not get sufficient calcium.  Green vegetables are high in calcium.  1 cup of collards or kale have the same amount of calcium as one cup of mik.  Broccoli, calcium fortified oj, garbanzo beans, lettuce, soy beans.  all good sources of calcium.  Sea weed has 10 times more calcium than dairy! & if you replace dairy with almond milk, rice or coconut milk they are all fortified with calcium as well....
I could go on and on about this..... 

America is the fattest place on the planet.  We are the sickest.  Obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancers are at an all time high!  We spend BILLIONS of dollars on fad diets, fitness craze products and supplements... anything for a quick fix.  We make excuses to not exercise, we make excuses not to eat healthy yet we will spend BILLIONS of dollars trying to get there... However, I have heard on many occasions; "It is too expensive to eat healthy:"  REALLY?!  We will pay now or pay later?  YOU will either set a strong foundation for your children's health or you will create a burden for their future.  We have choices!  What do you think of the state of American's health??