Posted 51 min 54 sec ago by Will Chen
Seventh Generation is an award winning manufacturer of non-toxic, environmentally safe products. Our friends at Wise Bread are always raving about this company, so we were pretty excited when they announced their new creation: A stylish Eco-Diaper Bag.Posted 2 days 19 hours ago by Sonja Stewart
Reading through a pregnancy manual I came across some of these ancient wives’ tales and remembered my Guatemalan abuelita (tiny grandma) waving this crystal thing over my mom’s pregnant belly twenty two years ago. My mom said it was hogwash, but hey, abuelita was right when my baby sister popped out two months later. So now I wonder, is there any truth to some of these pregnancy myths?Posted 3 days 23 hours ago by Linsey Knerl
When I started homeschooling a few years ago, I was excited to order the materials – which included more books, manuals, worksheets, and supplemental items than I could possibly store on our bookshelf. The practicality of “traditional” text-based curriculum soon wore thin. Read on to see how software saved the day.Posted 1 week 1 day ago by Sherry Pardy
According to a recent New York Times article, the fact my husband does the laundry makes us trendy parents. Who knew?Posted 1 week 1 day ago by Linsey Knerl
The statistics are frightening. 10,000 Americans were treated for injuries from fireworks last year alone! The majority of the incidents were burn-related, and most could have been prevented. Learn how to keep your children out of harm’s way with this handy guide from the CPSC.Posted 1 week 2 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
As a mostly vegetarian, hippie genX-er--a non-TV watching, non-consumer driven parent-- I have purposely failed my children miserably by hiding from them vital cultural icons of American life. But all that is about to change with two Happy Meals...Posted 1 week 4 days ago by Fred Lee
The Waldorf experience is a lot different than what you’ll see at a Montessori School.Posted 1 week 4 days ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Gas prices have you and the kids home for the summer? You might want to give the interactive DVD TripFlix a try and do some couch traveling in an air conditioned living room with teens Alex and Emily to 25 destinations across the USA.Posted 2 weeks 4 hours ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Wow. It really is happening. All across California gays and lesbians are getting married. Their children, we children will all be legitimized in a way we haven't been before. I spent the weekend talking to a gay dad raising sons (being Father's Day weekend) here's what's been tripping around my conversations. I talked to a few women on the verge of marriage. Here's what I heard and remembered.Posted 2 weeks 13 hours ago by Paul Michael
It all seems like some crazy practical joke or belated April Fool’s gag, but this one is real. Kellogg’s have teamed up with Lego to produce what can only be described as the most dangerous idea for a kid’s snack…ever.Posted 2 weeks 14 hours ago by Karen Putz
What's an ulcer pill doing at a homebirth?Posted 2 weeks 14 hours ago by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Ah, late pregnancy, a time for preparing crib sheets and stocking up on diaper wipes, doing kegels and finalizing names. And for me, also a time to go out and find my child a song. Here are ideas for how to create a personal lyric for your unborn (or already born, for that matter), and some reasons why it might be nice for them. Bonus: It’s nice for you, too.Posted 2 weeks 20 hours ago by Linsey Knerl
Go ahead and spend that $100 for the ultimate in baby activity centers. Go organic, if you want, but don’t blame me when your tot comes running up to you begging to play with his favorite new toys – a rubber shoe cover and a piece of Styrofoam.Posted 2 weeks 1 day ago by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
School is winding down and so is Little League season (June is national Little League month). You are almost finished carting junior around from school yard to baseball diamond to pizza parlor to game again. So it begs the question. Which kind of Little League parent are YOU?Posted 2 weeks 1 day ago by Corina Fiore
The picture represents how I feel about unsolicited or absolute advice: angry and annoyed. I often ignore advice, shake my head in agreement, and move on my way. I wasn't always that way, and I was reminded of the havoc unsolicited advice can reap on a family when reading a message board this week.Posted 2 weeks 2 days ago by Jason White
The May 2008 issue of Parents magazine featured a small section entitled, "Who's Your Hero?" Kids answered in the typical fashion citing their Dad, Mom, teachers, etc. But one answer really struck me. Six year-old David replied, "I don't have a hero."Posted 2 weeks 2 days ago by Linsey Knerl
Water is cheap (free in some areas.) Why are you not using it to stretch y our grocery dollars? Maybe you’re afraid of feeling cheap, or feel that you will somehow be robbing your children of precious nutrients. Put away your doubts, and learn the acceptable ways to dilute your dinners!Posted 2 weeks 5 days ago by Linsey Knerl
My kids deserve the best. I want to give them everything they need and some of the things that they want, and I wish for it to come to them with relative ease and with as little heartbreak as possible. Why is it that I find it so trying to give them the best of me?Posted 3 weeks 1 day ago by Fred Lee
Plastic bottles are on everyone’s mind, but before you buy an expensive “safe” alternative, it’s good to know that not all plastics are that bad.Posted 3 weeks 3 days ago by Katherine Turner
Like any form of art or entertainment, TV runs the gamut from the horrendous to the sublime, and with only a little initial channel-surfing in the name of research, you can learn to enjoy the medium guilt-free and eventually advance to using your former nemesis for the betterment of your children.It takes a squad. Get daily stories, news, and advice for you and your family. Subscribe today!
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