There isn’t much about 11-week-old Piper Monosoff that says she’s a girl. Her nursery is painted brown, yellow and orange; she travels around in a green stroller; her wardrobe is an assortment of quirky stripes and polka dots.
“I want people to see her as a baby, not a baby girl,” said her mother, Sara Steinbach, [...]

Our very own Gretchen White was interviewed by Fox 31 about rising fuel and product costs and where they’ve had to cut back!
 
Has your family had to alter their spending habits?

Osama bin Laden’s death has been highly publicized this week but knowing how to approach it with your children can be tricky, particularly when some people are celebrating. Dr. Jeffrey I. Dolgan, Senior Psychologist at The Children’s Hospital has some great advice for parents.
How might children react to the recent news that Osama Bin Laden [...]

Where were you when Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer married?
On the morning of July 29, 1981, I witnessed spectacular pomp and solemn ceremony on a small TV in an Omaha motel room. Our vacationing family was traveling from Colorado to Minnesota. I was 10 years old.
My dad must have found an extra reserve [...]

My 8-year-old daughter recently informed me she’s getting a cell phone when she’s 10. As usual, she’s not thinking about the fact that her dad and I are the ones who must agree to this, pay for it, etc. But she says there are kids at her elementary school who do use cell phones – [...]

The first vaccine was brought to the U.S. in 1800 according to historyofvaccines.org, and now, more than 200 years later, we have more vaccines than we can count on two hands.
Many of us, myself included have received vaccines or painfully watched our children receive shots with no questions asked. But should we be asking questions?
Vaccinations [...]

This year I began my education activism in earnest. My tipping point was when my youngest daughter’s school defended their worksheet-based, everyone does the same thing, curriculum. After being rebuffed by the school, I used my blog to express my feelings. And, I’ll tell you – that got their attention, even though that was not [...]

Two of the harshest food critics I know live in my home and are both under the age of 8. It’s a daily struggle to sneak a morsel of something resembling health into their diet and often results in a complete surrender by dinner time. Yet, these two, picky eaters are absolutely thrilled to cast their [...]

I am not what one would call an environmentalist but this past year, I have a new passion for recycling. When I was a missionary in Switzerland in 1993, I was amazed that every home had multiple recycling bins. Though I joked about needing a PhD in Recycling to live there, I admired how they [...]

So want to celebrate Earth Day with your kids in a fun, interesting, cheap way that might just save the planet? 
Well, let’s head on over to the bus stop…

One person switching to public transit for just one day can reduce daily carbon emissions by 20 pounds – over a year that’s more than 4,800 pounds. [...]