During this time of year when parents and grandparents are looking for the best toys to give this holiday season, we are reminded that the best toysare simple and have been adored since children began playing. The best toys inspire imagination and are handmade toys. Joel Henriques, a crafty dad, has assembled a book of [...]
I want to tell you how bittersweet it is that we live in a time when the roles of men and women, of mothers and fathers, have become blurred and intermingled. More and more I find stay at home dads at the park with their kids, while mom is off at work. I have [...]
I am the badass mama of two intact boys. A feminist mama. A gentle, peaceful parenting mama. I know, every day, that I screw up as a parent. I also know, every day, that the choices I make for my sons are the right ones. Starting with the first. I did not cut them [...]
1. k & j Sunprotective Clothing It’s hard to think of the need for sun protection when we have snow on the ground, but spring really is just around the corner (I sound like Ma in ). Although the sun is good for people, and sunscreen blocks vitamin D absorption, as well as contains cancer [...]
1. Natural Papa: Hershey’s Chocolate Changes Children’s Lives (but not the way you might think) Hershey is the favorite chocolate brand in the U.S., with 42.5% of the market, but much of the cocoa used to produce their chocolate may very well have been produced with forced labor, human trafficking, and abusive child labor. According to their [...]
Sometimes the places we take our children to vacation allow them to more closely observe environmental changes than in our own backyards. Visiting a place year after year points out the differences that seem more gradual where you reside. As a child, I visited Summit County, Colorado every winter. Over 30 years, I have seen [...]
The European Union Court of Justice have ruled in favor of Spanish fathers of breastfeeding infants. Specifically, Spanish fathers are now granted the same rights as their partners in order to prevent them from falling into a “subsidiary role”. Spanish parents may take a breastfeeding leave consisting of an hour off during the middle of [...]
