Kids’ Health

Teaching a Child to Refer to her Genitalia as the C Word (Guest Post)

February 6, 2012




I’ve been a fan of Renee from Womanist Musings’ (@womanistmusings) work for a long time and loved having the opportunity to connect with her recently on Skype as we filmed her segment of my toddler years video. I’ve been begging her to guest post for me for a while and am happy to finally have [...]

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We Know the Dirty Secrets and Now We Need Action

November 17, 2011




Today Women’s Voices for the Earth released a report called Dirty Secrets: What’s Hiding in Your Cleaning Products?  I wrote about the report over at Care2.com, but surprisingly (or not), I wasn’t very surprised by the dirty secrets in this report. There are chemicals in makeup and personal care products. There are chemicals in baby [...]

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Math Sucks! (…if it requires you to balance shaming equations)

November 8, 2011




I came across a post today that I really enjoyed. On the Camp Creek Blog, Lori wrote: There’s a billboard in my town that makes me grind my teeth into dust. It shows a kid’s hands holding, on the left, a video-game controller and, on the right, a turtle. Then it says something along the [...]

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Have you heard of Purple Crying?

November 7, 2011




I remember my short maternity leave with my first born. I spent it primarily dealing with breastfeeding issues and trying to stop the crying. He didn’t always cry hysterically, but sometimes he did — like in this picture. Some times of day were better than others and, unlike his sister, he did love the baby [...]

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One Mom, Every Mom, A Million Moms, and Several More Million Moms

October 25, 2011




There are apparently around 85 million moms in the United States. Maybe you are one of them. Did you know that it only takes one mom? That could be you. You could be the one mom using your voice on behalf of the world’s poorest. But in reality there were 10 social media moms who [...]

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Keep a Breast – Non Toxic Revolution

October 19, 2011




I am a fan of videos that send a strong message. A while back, I shared the Healthy Child, Healthy World video called Wake Up! For your child’s sake.  Today, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I want to share another video on a similar topic. Check out the Keep a Breast Foundation‘s Non Toxic Revolution [...]

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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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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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“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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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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