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Caption: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signs a bill into law on March 9, 2015 that will protect Virginia mothers who choose to breastfeed in public after…

"Some parents really struggle with, 'oh, the other kids have the terrible thing, so my kid needs...' Well, how about if you let your kids be a better…

This essay originally appeared as “A Walk in the Woods” in the March/April 2009 issue of Orion magazine. In 2011, it was adapted and expanded in Richard Louv’s…

Children are designed, by nature, to spend huge amounts of time playing freely. That's how they develop social, emotional, and physical skills, and it's how…

He sat at his desk in front of me, tapping his pen in frustration, ‘She’s affecting everybody. She’s just toxic.’ He was describing a dilemma he was facing at…

Find The Best Selection Of GMO Books And Films In Kindred's Book Store U.S. Right to Know – a new nonprofit organization — released a new report today on Big…

Similac produced a new video about the perils of the mommy wars and how ultimately we should come together and stop our battles. I posted the video on my…

1. May You Love. As we begin a new year, may you make an ever-increasingly courageous dedication to embody the force of love. There is no healing power greater…

Mothers who are currently nursing children over four years of age debate their reasons and inspiration for "full term" breastfeeding.  Jamie Grumet, the…

Kate White, director of education for the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, APPPAH, talks with Robin Grille, Australian…