Ah, the holidays. It’s a time of family, food, vacations and gift giving. As we come off a week or so break from school and are trying to get our lives back into some sort of order, we often take stock of the kids’ loot they received over the holidays. Many times there is tons […]
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Becoming Your Child’s Best Advocate: 10 Tips
Our children are our everything. Sometimes they are hurting, sometimes they are sad, sometimes they need a parent to speak up for them when they don’t know how. It’s a new year and you might be wondering, “How can we advocate for our kids in a positive way?” 1. Never… scream, yell or shout when […]
The Sum of a Year
How do you sum up a year? Looking back, which moments do you wish would live on forever? Which moments do you wish you could erase? What have you learned? What knowledge have you passed on? How are you different? What type of world did you grow up in? What type of world is it […]
Diary of a New Green Mom: Veritey Changed What’s Under My Sink
Back in August, I shared with you my thoughts on Toxic Baby, the awesomely frightening and ultimately empowering film by Penelope Jagessar Chaffer. It made me change the way I evaluate, buy, and use all the products in our household. One critical lesson from the film and the movement to clean up our chemical-infused environment […]
Teaching Leadership and Solidarity through Soccer
By Carlos Moreira “Coach, what do I do?” an eight-year-old asks me as his team loses the soccer ball to the opposing team. “Figure it out,” they hear me say. Without missing a beat, he turns back to his team and says, “Okay, we’re changing our game plan. We have to make the defense […]
How Much for My Child’s Allowance?
How much should I give my child for an allowance? Whether or not to give your child an allowance and how much to give is a great question! As is the case with so many parenting issues, there is no right or wrong answer as to whether or not to give your child an allowance. […]
Labor and Delivery: Building Your Tool Kit
When I teach my Prenatal yoga classes, I like to stress the importance of creating what I like to call “the tool kit for labor and delivery.” This is a collection of reliable, proven pain management techniques the laboring mother can call upon to use as she needs. Not too long ago, I was explaining […]
A Child with Chronic Illness Goes to School
Children all over the United States go to school with a chronic illness. Each year in this country, approximately six million children – ranging from newborn to seventeen years old – are hospitalized for many different conditions. It is estimated that 13-17% of the children in the US have a chronic illness. (Stein, R.E.K., Silver, […]