What parents should know about the conflicting news on school food
January 27, 2012 – 7:00 am | 2 Comments

The very same week we learned about the push to ban trans fats from Colorado school food, both at lunch and in before- and after-school snacks, another study asserted that junk food in school vending machines has no impact on students’ weight or obesity levels.
It’s confusing. Kind like all the conflicting studies about coffee [...]

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Lunch With The First Lady of Panama, to Benefit Project C.U.R.E.
August 4, 2010 – 6:50 am | No Comment
Lunch With The First Lady of Panama, to Benefit Project C.U.R.E.

I often say blogging brings me interesting experiences. In truth, those experiences are also often uplifting and emotional too. That can be said for the luncheon I attended in Denver last week, where our Colorado First Lady Jeannie Ritter welcomed Marta Martinelli, the First Lady of Panama, to discuss disparities in healthcare around the world.
The [...]

Help for autistic kids
August 4, 2010 – 12:35 am | Comments Off
Help for autistic kids

The lives of thousands of Colorado’s autistic children and their parents just got a little easier — and it’s about time. On July 1, Colorado became the 12th state in the nation to reform insurance coverage for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It is now state law that private group health insurance providers cover [...]

Cherry Creek Shopping Center Clears the Table for a New Kids Play Area
August 3, 2010 – 7:06 am | Comments Off
Cherry Creek Shopping Center Clears the Table for a New Kids Play Area

Breakfast is no longer on the menu at Cherry Creek Shopping Center.
The giant eggs, waffles, fruit and bacon that made up the mall’s roly- poly kid zone are gone, soon to be replaced by a menagerie of familiar, larger-than-life characters.
The popular play area in the southeast corner of the mall’s lower level never had an [...]

Crone thoughts: Being 40-something in a youth-obsessed culture
August 3, 2010 – 6:55 am | No Comment
Crone thoughts: Being 40-something in a youth-obsessed culture

Obviously, a community called Mile High Mamas appeals to moms and not crones. Otherwise the URL above might be ColoradoCrones.com.
Because of infertility and other factors, I arrived at motherhood late. I am an older mom who never gave birth. So I have already begun thinking of what comes after Motherhood, and I come up with [...]

Snooked Again: How a Reality TV Star Stole My Moment in the National Spotlight
August 2, 2010 – 8:10 am | 27 Comments
Snooked Again: How a Reality TV Star Stole My Moment in the National Spotlight

I was in New York City this weekend presenting these family travel products on the Fox Network’s morning show, Fox and Friends.
I know. I’m still shocked they would even allow The Amber Show to be broadcast nationally.
Grant, a publicist in Arizona, arranged the gig after I appeared for his clients on the Tom Martino Show. [...]

Effective August 1: Colorado’s new car seat law and how your children are impacted
August 1, 2010 – 1:00 pm | 26 Comments
Effective August 1: Colorado’s new car seat law and how your children are impacted

**This post was originally published in May after Governor Ritter signed the new car seat law SB10-110. The law went into effect today. Please keep reading to find out how your children may be impacted.
This was said as we got in the car on my daughter’s recent birthday. I countered with, “Sorry, Tessa. That’s not [...]