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Does Too Much Screen Time Make Kids Sick?
*First author is Rebecca Noble
Even though in 2001, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that children have no more than two hours of…
Is Pretend Play Good for Kids?
Pretend play is a healthy part of every child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development and should not be feared by parents or educators.
Children May Be Playing, but Their Brains Are Working
How does play help children?
Mindful and Just Parenting: Cultivating The Courage Of Radical Compassion
Although I have written about the research on the positive effects of mindfulness and presence in my book, Parenting for Social Change, and in several articles,…
Happiness and Growth through Play
Do you play, or do you need to learn to play?
FAIL: Another Mammography Study Finds They Don’t Save Lives
From Green Med Info
There are already more than enough reasons for 'pink' to make you see red, not the least of which is the notion that exposing…
The Power of Empathy – A New RSA Animated Short Narrated by Brene…
What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a…
Parents’ Call to Arms – An Excerpt from Attached at the Heart:…
"Our survival as a human community may depend as
much upon our nurture of love in infancy and childhood as upon
the protection of our society from external…
How We’ve Been Conned Into Using CFLs, And Why They Should Be Removed…
The first time I saw a compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb was on Earth Day three years ago. This spiral-shaped light fixture was being given out free by the…
Vaccination In Pregnancy: Is It Safe?
It was 1977 when I found out I was going to become a Mom. I instinctively knew I needed to be careful while I was pregnant, especially during the first two…