Children
Posted May 10th, 2013 by Leah Kalish and Wendy Phillips Piret
Stress is everywhere. Learning how to de-stress when young is essential to our children’s nervous systems, brains and personalities. Research now shows that normal growth and development can be derailed by chronic or excessive stress with damaging effects on learning, behavior, and health for a lifetime. Self-regulation / mindfulness techniques and activities are crucial because [...]
Posted April 30th, 2013 by Diana Donlon
If your pediatrician recommends eating more fruits and vegetables, what they really mean is to eat organic fruits and vegetables. Last fall the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) published a report on pesticides that can be summed up in just one sentence: “Children’s exposures to pesticides should be limited as much as possible.” The report, [...]
Posted March 27th, 2013 by Ola Ronke
Recently I and other land advocates from all over the country had the pleasure and honor of meeting with congress, senators and house or representatives from around the country to discuss and lobby for land laws that would affect urban agriculture, community gardens and the usage of green open spaces. I was there representing my [...]
Posted March 25th, 2013 by Diana Limongi
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend Food Power! MomsRising’s conference on Childhood Obesity. The event was a delightful afternoon with amazing speakers. The room was filled with people who care about the alarming rate at which obesity is affecting our children. The good news is that childhood obesity trends can be [...]
Posted March 7th, 2013 by Michelle Noehren
I remember very clearly the day I first learned that the vast majority of chemicals used in consumer products are unregulated by the government. Until that point I believed (as many people mistakenly do) that if I could buy it in a store it must have passed safety testing. Boy was I wrong. Out of [...]
Posted February 27th, 2013 by Ashley Boyd
This week, my five-year-old son finally mastered the art of making his own morning cereal. It’s a big milestone but honestly, but I’ll save the real celebration for when he can do it without spilling milk everywhere. It’s one thing to start something but another to finish the job without leaving a mess. Right now, [...]
Posted February 13th, 2013 by Martha Burk
It’s Black History Month, and when it comes to that history in cartoons, the news hasn’t always been good. For decades cartoons, mostly by the Disney corporation, featured lots of white characters and lots of black stereotypes. But as the song says, the times they are a-changin’. In recent years Disney has worked overtime to [...]
Posted February 5th, 2013 by Leslie Kantor
“Where do babies come from?” That perfectly normal question from children has been striking fear in the hearts of some parents since our culture started allowing children to be seen AND heard. The question sometimes seems to come too soon (why are you thinking about that already?) and almost always at an inopportune moment (while [...]
Posted February 4th, 2013 by Ruth Berlin
In 1990, when I lived in Los Angeles, my 4-year old son and I were both poisoned by the aerial spraying of malathion. The state had sprayed vast residential areas in an attempt to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly—a devastating pest that threatened California’s multi-billion dollar agriculture industry. That terrifying experience led me to where [...]
Posted February 1st, 2013 by Diana Limongi
As a parent of a 21 month old, I have found myself thinking about childcare and school options a lot lately. Earlier this week, as I watched the inauguration of Barack Obama with my son, I thought about how great it would be if early childhood education was something that the administration could focus on [...]
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