Skip to main content

Together

Blog Carnivals Food!

How to Get Enough Sleep This School Year

September 10, 2015
I'm a big advocate of getting sufficient sleep. While sleep is one of the basic biological and physiological needs, we parents tend not to give the topic the attention that it deserves. In reality, sleep is as important to our overall family health as our nutrition and exercise. It is so important...
MomsRising Together
Kimberly Coleman's picture
Kimberly Coleman
Food!

Sample Letter Requesting Teacher Minimize Sweets in the Classroom

September 9, 2015
As a mother, I want the best for my children. I try to give them opportunities to live a healthy, happy life. This includes limiting the amount of candies and sweets they eat, and trying to make sure their schools keep student health in mind. At the beginning of the year, I share my opinion with my...
MomsRising Together
Elizabeth Duda's picture
Elizabeth Duda
Food!

Healthy School Lunch Ideas!

September 9, 2015
With school starting soon, I want to continue feeding my boys the same way at school as I do at home. I did have to make some adjustments since they don’t have use of a microwave and I want to give them lunches that they can easily open and eat quickly. When I make lunch for the boys I tend to make...
MomsRising Together
Trina O'Boyle
Food!

Good Food Force Goes Back to School! Week 1 Round Up!

September 8, 2015
Wow, what a week! So much good info, advice and support is being shared through the Good Food Force Back to School Event . In case you’ve missed any of it, check out the round-up of week 1 posts below. And be sure to join the group to participate in conversations on these topics, share your own...
MomsRising Together
Karen Showalter's picture
Karen Showalter
Food!

How to Organize School Papers #BacktoSchool

September 8, 2015
In a life before my SAHM days, I was an elementary school teacher. Early on in my teaching days, I learned the importance of an efficient file system, good recordkeeping and how to organize my student’s work – what to keep and what to send home. While I’ve been home for 14 years, those...
MomsRising Together
Denise Mestanza-Taylor's picture
Denise Mestanza-Taylor
Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Realistic & Fair Wages

Thank you, President BarackObama For Advancing Paid Sick Days, Family Leave, PayEquity on Labor Day!

September 7, 2015
MomsRising Praises President Obama’s Labor Day Expansion of Paid Sick Days to Federal Contractors MomsRising Backs President Obama Urging Congress to Pass the Healthy Families Act and the FAMILY Act Earlier today, President Obama in a Labor Day address announced a new executive order expanding paid...
MomsRising Together
Kristin's picture
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

8 Things Moms Don't Need on #LaborDay, or Any Other Day

September 6, 2015
Several companies recently announced new or expanded perks to help the mothers in their ranks: extending maternity leaves, paying to fly a baby and nanny when mom takes a work trip or to ship breast milk back home, offering a mother local work for the first year of her baby’s life, or allowing her...
MomsRising Together
Nanette Fondas's picture
Nanette Fondas
Food!

Review Your Family's Allergy Plan This Back to School Season

September 5, 2015
As part of the Good Food Force , we often focus on changes for healthy food labeling and tackling food changes in our communities. As a mom of a child with a SEVERE tree nut allergy, this scenario hits too close to home. We've battled friends and family who thought we were being too overprotective...
MomsRising Together
Denise Mestanza-Taylor's picture
Denise Mestanza-Taylor
Food!

Announcing the Good Food Force #BacktoSchool #Sweepstakes

September 4, 2015
Welcome to week 2 of the #GoodFoodForce #BacktoSchool Event! Complete some easy actions for a chance to win some great prizes, below! Sweepstakes includes the chance to define what a "healthy school day" means to you, in the comment section below. a Rafflecopter giveaway Complete Terms and...
MomsRising Together
Karen Showalter's picture
Karen Showalter
Food!

How do you define a healthy school day?

September 4, 2015
Schools, parents, teachers, communities ... we're all working together to make the school day healthy for learners of all ages. But what does that mean: a healthy school day? And what challenges do we face in achieving it? Let's hash out a group definition for "healthy school day", and a working...
MomsRising Together
Karen Showalter's picture
Karen Showalter

Pages

RSS