Archive for February, 2008

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A Little Help Here?

Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
I made a rookie parenting mistake the other day. When Andy (the 4 year old) told me that his teddy bear “baby” needed a bath, I was so distracted by his brother and sister that I said something along the lines of, “ok, whatever.” Oops. I know that they’re stuffed [...]

Breaking News! Boys Have Feelings!

Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
As far as I’m concerned, this should garner a big fat, “duh,” from most people who read about it, but a recent study to be published in the Journal of Adolescence reports that teenage boys are more motivated by love and a desire for relationships than by sex when it comes [...]

A New Prince in My Life

Submitted by Childn’Parent
As the princess of my castle, it stands to reason that the only prince in my life should be my husband. But there is a new guy in the family picture. He is my new puppy and stands about a foot tall, is devilishly handsome with soft brown eyes, caramel brown fur and [...]

Learning How They Learn

Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
Call it the burden of knowledge. Because I know about the pitfalls that can await boys in school, I worry maybe a bit too much about how my boys will do in that environment. Sure enough, I do my best to follow all of the Boys and Schools [...]

Take Action to Get Harmful Chemicals Out of Toys and Everyday Products for our Kids!

Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids
The great folks over at Healthytoys.org, that provided us with that helpful database of what toxins are in what toys (check it out here), are petitioning lawmakers to overhaul the ancient Toxic Substances Control Act. This act, when it was created 30 years, ago grandfathered the use of many dangerous chemicals into [...]

Georgia On My Mind

Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
I’ve been thinking about what I shoud say about the decision of the school board of Greene County, Georgia, to switch exclusively to single-sex academic classes. (The students will still ride the same buses to school and the sports and band programs will remained mixed, but–from what I’ve read about [...]

Worried about the Meat Recall in your Child’s School?

Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids
After my last post I was thinking about how I would be feeling if I had school age children who might have eaten some of the recalled meat (described first in this post, and then again in yesterday’s post below). I do know from reading the articles that thankfully no one has [...]

Meat Recall: Update to Unsafe Practices at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Packing Plant–

Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids
The unsafe (and cruel) practices discovered by the Humane Society and described in this post have led to the recall of 143 million pounds of beef, much of it sent to school lunch programs. See this article from the Seattle Times.
Apparently, the meat was not available to consumers at grocery stores. It [...]

Do Baby Boys Cause Depression?

Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
Well, considering the response to my yesterday’s entry about obesity and sleep, I just have to add that when the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
Now then. There has been a lot of internet chatter going on lately about a study from France indicating [...]

Follow Up to McDonald’s Advertising on Report Cards–

Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids
In December I wrote about advertisements for McDonald’s appearing on children’s report cards in Florida. Read the original post here.
I am happy to report that thanks to the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood’s parent campaign, McDonald’s stopped this offensive advertising practice.
It’s easy to get cynical about many of the issues I [...]

Sportsmanship Law ,,,Just What The Doctor Ordered

Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
When I first heard the news it was almost so surreal, and so common sense, it could have been from a Spamalot skit! The Sportsmanship Law. I could just imagine the Diva as a young athlete. Instead of singing “whatever happened to my part?”, she would sing “whatever happened [...]

Obesity and Plastic–

Submitted by Non-Toxic Kids
The Boston Globe recently published an article that caught my eye. “Is plastic making us fat?” certainly grabbed my attention. What once what categorized as being a non-issue of over reactive parents seems to be making its way into many mainstream media outlets. Here is a quote from the article about some [...]

Sleep and Obesity

Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
It seems like most every parent I meet is tired and a little sleep-deprived. Not just those with newborns either–I sometimes wonder whether anyone gets enough sleep. Goodness knows I don’t. I’d like to blame it on the baby, but deep down I know that it comes from that urge [...]

Valentine’s Day Is For Kids, Too!

Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In

Valentine’s Day may be marketed as a romantic holiday, but is really one of the best family holidays of the year. It’s a day to step out of our heads and pause our busy lives and let those important to us, members of our family and circle of friends, know [...]

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