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09/01/12

My family loves to grill, and now that we live in temperate North Carolina, we’re grilling more than ever. Everything seems to taste better – even vegetables, my son Christopher says – when touched by our backyard grill. I’ve grilled peaches and slices of pineapple this year for a healthy dessert...

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Barbara Kowalcyk

08/31/12

This week, as the country prepared to celebrate Labor Day, the National Partnership released the results of an unprecedented analysis of the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Our finding: More than three in five pregnant women in the United States ( 62 percent ) are in the labor force...

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Debra L. Ness

Childcare & Early Education

08/31/12

Many times, I’ve walked my neighborhood with my kids and though I see lots of playscapes in backyards, I never see kids playing outside. EVER. I occasionally see some kids get off the bus after school, but once they go inside, they are GONE. Are there really so few kids living near us? Or are they all holed up inside, tied to their electronic devices? My boys and I would linger in the cul-de-sacs on all the nearby streets, playing and making a lot of noise, hoping some kids would wander out. Nope, never happened.

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CT Working Moms

Health Care

08/31/12

People say the third time is the charm. Imprisoned women and their allies in California certainly hope so . “Someday, people will look back and be shocked that California would routinely shackle pregnant women,” says Karen Shain, Policy Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC...

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Rachel Roth

Food!

08/31/12

What makes it more likely that an overweight or obese 5th grader won’t remain obese by the 8th grade? Location, location, location! A recent study in the Archive of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine by Bridging the Gap shows that an overweight or obese 5th grader who lives in a state with strong...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Food!

08/31/12

First, let me just say, that I’m not advocating lying to children. I’m not proposing that moms and dads make up silly lies and tell tall tales just to get kids to eat healthier. I am absolutely not saying that . Lying to your children is wrong. And you get caught.

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Lily Eskelsen

Food!

08/31/12

What makes it more likely that an overweight or obese 5th grader won't remain obese by the 8th grade? Location, location, location! A recent study in the Archive of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine by Bridging the Gap shows that an overweight or obese 5th grader who lives in a state with strong...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Sick Days

08/30/12

For more than a million New Yorkers — mostly Black, Latino and immigrant workers — getting sick can mean losing a paycheck or, in some cases, a job . The City Council has proposed a law that would allow New Yorkers at least five paid sick days a year , but Speaker Christine Quinn is keeping the...

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Rashad Robinson

Environmental Health Food!

08/30/12

You proved it: if the people lead, the leaders will follow. Thanks to your emails to state lawmakers, Maryland recently became the first state to ban roxarsone and other antibiotics containing arsenic from agriculture. Now we need your help to finish the job: www.tomhucker.com/no-arsenic Arsenic is...

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Maryland State Delegate Tom Hucker

Childcare & Early Education

08/30/12

Welcome to Toddler Thursdays! Join us every Thursday on the MomsRising blog for crafts and recipes for toddlers and preschoolers, as well as news and tips on childcare and early education. Sometimes I feel like we are the A-Team around here! Did you ever watch the A-Team ? It was one of my favorite...

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