Here’s the deal: Roses, champagne flutes, glittery gems and jewelry–all great. But these days, I’m all about a different kind of Valentine’s Day: Red construction paper hearts, lopsided, and shaped by small hands wielding safety scissors, glue sticks, and glitter. Let’s face it. Lopsided glitter glue has the power to melt hearts far and wide. [...]
I see myself in this stat. Have you been there too? I’m one of millions of parents across this country who depend on child care. Without child care, I don’t know how I’d be able to get to work and provide for my family. I am not alone: Nearly 12 million children under age five [...]
I just wanted to give you a quick, very happy update: S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 passed Congress this afternoon! This comprehensive, historic legislation will help improve the nutritional quality of school lunches, get junk food out of school vending machines, and support strong nutrition and physical activity policies and practices in schools [...]
If there’s one thing moms know how to do, it’s how to do two things at once. I admit it: I’m never on the phone without a sock or dish in my hand. So, it’s a no brainer for us to deliver two things to Congress on the same day, especially when multiple key votes [...]
Tis the season for turkey, kitschy side dishes, and once-a-year meals. But, before the family festivities can start, there’s one thing left to do: Tell Congress to pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (S.3307), a piece of legislation that could affect the meals our children eat every day. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act would make [...]
“I’m a single mother with two kids under 3, a full-time student, and an employee…so I don’t have much time to write. But I have to tell whoever is willing to listen that the child care subsidy I receive has saved my life. I’m able to go back to school to get the kind of [...]
While the election is still being pondered by political pundits, real life goes on… including the struggle of real life parents to get affordable access to quality early care and education for their kids so they can get to work. But that struggle may get a lot tougher. In the next few weeks, Congress will [...]
What’s orange, yellow, and pink all over? The month of October! Fall’s here with orange pumpkins, yellow leaves– and the “think pink” campaign of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everything is adorned with pink ribbons from yogurt cups to NFL football helmets. But our friends at the Breast Cancer Fund know that it’s not enough to [...]
We’ve been talking about about the sad state of school lunches for years. But now we finally have a chance to start making school lunches more nutritious and more accessible. The U.S. Senate recently passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is an update of the Child Nutrition Act. Now, to get this bill to [...]
It’s hard enough to get my picky preschooler to eat healthy foods without also having to keep on top of the regular recalls of unsafe foods (like the recent salmonella tainted eggs debacle). It shouldn’t be this hard to keep our families healthy! But it is. Each year in the U.S., more 76 million people [...]
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