June 2011

Fishy Logic in Malaysian Airlines First Class Baby Ban

June 30, 2011




Malaysian Airlines has announced that it is banning babies from First Class on some of its flights. However, there appears to be a lot of back pedaling in the explanations of the reasons behind this move. A couple of days ago, AOL Business News wrote: First-class passengers aboard some Malaysia Airlines flights won’t have to [...]

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Another ignorant bus driver…

June 28, 2011




Why does it seem like transportation is the worst industry in the world for breastfeeding mothers? I’m sure everyone has heard the stories of mothers who have been harassed on airplanes. Now, in Detroit, a bus driver tried to kick Afrykan Moon off of a bus for breastfeeding. She was breastfeeding her baby at the [...]

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From Farmers and Gardens to Plate

June 26, 2011




I have food on the mind lately. I’m trying to feed our family better and I’m also working on a post in my head as a follow up to the McDonald’s post. I want to talk about our food system, our relationship with it, how it impacts our lives, and what needs to change. But [...]

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Leftover Cereal Chocolate Chip Cookies

June 25, 2011




Recently on Care2, I wrote a post called Does Your Annual Food Waste Exceed Your Body Waste? It has some pretty scary statistics on the amount of food that we waste in the developing world. We always try to keep the amount of food that we waste to a minimum and I’m always frustrated when [...]

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McDonald’s Canada’s All-Access Moms

June 22, 2011




Have you heard about the partnership between McDonald’s Canada and CityLine (a Canadian daytime television show targeted at women)?  They are working together to provide a FABULOUS opportunity for Canadian mom bloggers called McDonald’s All-Access Moms, where real moms get to “go behind the Golden Arches.” Apparently all the cool mom bloggers in Canada got [...]

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Go The F**k To Sleep: Funny or Offensive?

June 18, 2011




Last weekend when we were shopping at Chapters, the book “Go The F**k To Sleep” by Adam Mansbach caught my eye. I hadn’t heard about it until that moment and I was curious what it was all about. I picked it up and leafed through it, giggling a bit at some of the bedtime scenarios [...]

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A civil post deserves a civil reply…

June 14, 2011




…a rude post, not so much. Last week, blogger Casie Stewart wrote a post ranting about an annoying family with a bunch of kids that she was stuck at the airport with. The post was a commentary on what was annoying her, accompanied by pictures of Casie, with annoyed expressions on her face or flipping [...]

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“Moms Against Cooties” a.k.a the Chlorine Industry

June 10, 2011




Today I got a press release via e-mail from the public relations person responsible for the “Moms against Cooties” campaign. Basically, the idea behind this campaign is that they want you to disinfect, disinfect, and disinfect some more and don’t forget to tell your child’s daycare to disinfect and disinfect and disinfect some more. Since [...]

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Spanish government authorities removed 15 month old nursling from mother’s care due to her refusal to wean her child by force

June 9, 2011




This is a guest post by Louma from Amor Maternal. It was originally posted on her blog and has been republished here at her request/with her permission. We are all Habiba… Nine days ago, on May 31st, a Morrocan mother known as Habiba had her child taken away from her without her consent, allegedly because [...]

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Do Standardized Tests Measure Intelligence or Socialization?

June 8, 2011




What does the baby drink? Can you point? That is the question that my friend @AureliaCotta‘s three year old son was asked during an IQ test known as the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. His choices: A giant bottle filled with bright red juice that looked like Kool-Aid A pacifier A big jug [...]

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