Kids

Greenshirts: Eco-Kids Club Raises Eyebrows

National Post | Craig Offman | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Youth, Green Living, Kids, Npower, Greenshirt, Kids and the Environment, Climate Change, Greenshirts, Green News

In a recent series of ads aimed at school children, a leading British energy company has assigned a controversial summer project: police their family'...

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Embrace Your Inner Sloth

Lauren Cahn | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Kids, Summer Camp, Sleep-Away Camp, Your Inner Sloth, To-Do Lists, Moms, Lazy, Summer, Bronx River Parkway Bicycle Sundays, My Inner Sloth, The Inner Life, Summer of Freedom, Parenting, Living News
Lauren Cahn

There is a part of me that feels very guilty about doing all of this nothing. But I'm working on coming to terms with the notion that what I really wanted was something as simple as, well, nothing.

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Go Play Outside!

Lloyd Alter | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Kids, Green Vacation, Green News
Lloyd Alter

Park attendance is dropping and my daughter and I are looking at computer screens instead of paddling our canoes. It's time to put them away and go play outside.

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Notes From The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Warning Explicit Opinions

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hannah Montana, Fundraisers, Midwest, Kids, Pep Squads, Parents, 236.Com, Politics News
Jeffrey Jena

The truth of life is that in order for there to be winners there have to be losers. If you don't like being a loser you have two options; work harder or quit.

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Kids And iPhones: Knit Decoys Don't Fool 'Em

daddytypes.com | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: iPhone Toy, Daddy Blogs, Toys, Cheaper iPhone, Plush iPhone, Knit iPhone, Kids iPhone, Apple, Children, Kids, Toy iPhone, iPhone for Kids, Iphone, Crackberry Addiciton, Smartphones, Crackberry, Iphone Addiction, Business News

Daddytypes.com had an idea for keeping children distracted while daddy plays with his iPhone. It didn't work, but nice try: My mom was insanely cool ...

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Finance Camp: Parents Investing In Young Investors

Wall Street Journal | Mary Pilon | Posted 07.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Alternatives to Summer Camp, Finance Camp, Kids, YoungBiz, Summer Camp, Young Americans Center for Financial Education, Smart Start to Money Camp, Camp Millionaire, Camp Challenge, Business News

This summer, droves of school-age children will attend summer camp, where they will paddle canoes, play tennis and make crafts from paste and yarn. Ot...

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The Waste-Free Kid's Lunch: Not Impossible!

Gay Browne | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Packaging, Lunches, School, Kids, Green News
Gay Browne

As a mom, I'm pretty eco-responsible. I buy organic. I carpool. I compost. And I'd be delighted to never see another Ziploc bag in my life, except ... how else am I supposed to pack my kids' lunches?

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How to Get Your Kids to Love and Appreciate Your Efforts to Feed Them

Donna Fish | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Eating Habits, Healthy Eating, Kids, Family Meal Times, Cooking, Home News
Donna Fish

I laughed tonight, when I heard the thank you's from my three girls as we gathered around the dinner table, and they went: "Thanks so much Mom, for th...

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Empty Shelves, Empty Bellies

Craig McCord | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Hungry Kids, Hunger, Poverty, Food Banks, Kids, Second Harvest, Hunger in the United States, Child Hunger, City Harvest, Food Shortages, Food Security, Living News
Craig McCord

By all accounts, the nation's ability to feed its own is at an all-time low. Many millions of Americans are but one happenstance away from calamity.

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Father's Day: Desperate Housewife or Daddy Dearest?

Thelma Adams | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Kids, Holiday, Cooking, Marriage, Battle of the Sexes, Working Mothers, Fatherhood, Parenting, Food Issues, Desperate Housewives, Father's Day, Living News
Thelma Adams

I can tell you the last straw: I stuffed my 12-year-old son's portion of chicken pot pie in the garbage disposal when my husband wasn't looking.

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LGBT Families Day: Rights or No Rights, We're Still Parents

Sara Whitman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

Read More: LGBT Issues, Parenting Tips, Kids, Alternative Families, Lesbian, LGBT Rights, Parenting, Lesbian Parenting, Lesbian Moms, LGBT Families, Second Parent Adoption, Living News
Sara Whitman

Today is the third annual blogging for LGBT families day. It's a day when we all write stories about our lives, our experiences and celebrate our very existence.

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Kids Cut Waste. The Coolest Green Party Favors

The Green Guide | Alix Clyburn | Posted 05.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Party Favors, Green, Entertaining, Kids, Green News

Even before I became Mommy Greenest, I had serious issues about the bag of candy we call the goody bag. In America, it has become standard for guests ...

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What Do Star and People Magazines Have In Common With Harold And The Purple Crayon?

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Harold and the Purple Crayon, Kids, Celebrity, Brad Pitt, Celebrities, Lindsay Lohan, Jay Leno, Jennifer Lopez, Moms, People Magazine, Angelina Jolie, Parenting, Parents, Star Magazine, Living News
Stacie Krajchir

So, I don't know about you, but I personally think after the 300th read of I love You So Much, Good Night Moon and Diddle Diddle Dumpling, you kind of...

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Welcome to The New World DisOrders -- They Are Legion

Carol Maric | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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Carol Maric

If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.

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Uncommon Common Sense

Donna Fish | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Kids, Self Help Books, Living News
Donna Fish

I find it interesting that a lot of things these days, whether it be about food, eating, parenting, jobs, or relationships, is that common sense is not so common.

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How Soaring Fuel Prices Hurt Kids

CNN | Steve Hargreaves | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Soaring Gas Price, High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, High Fuel Prices Hurt Kids, Fuel Prices, Kids, High Gas Prices Hurt Kids, Soaring Fuel Prices, High Fuel Prices, Business News

The school buses in Dubuque County, Iowa, travel 4,900 miles each day ferrying kids to and from class. That's the equivalent of driving across the ent...

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A New Way to Educate

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dave Eggers, Education, 826 Valencia, Kids, Ariane De Bonvoisin, Politics News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

If there was one place where I would love is to see dramatic change, it's in our schools -- how we treat and pay teachers, what kids are actually learning and how much individual attention each student receives.

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Kids are Killing the Planet!

Pamela Paul | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Costs, Kids, Overpopulation, Inc., Environmentalism, Parenting, Washington Post, Malthus, Children, Environment, Pregnancy, Procreation, Parents, Living News
Pamela Paul

Little did I realize, but apparently, I am on the verge of destroying Mother Earth. So what's my crime? My husband and I are contemplating having a third child.

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Sexorexia: Restriction, Guilt and the Binge

Donna Fish | Posted 03.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Eating Disorders, Food, The Today Show, Kids, Sex, Dating, Home News
Donna Fish

Anyone out there sick of the sex talk yet? Are we getting slightly embarrassed yet about our incessant voyeuristic tendencies? Not to mention the gl...

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Moms Online Way Ahead of Media Giants

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Mommybloggers, Election, Kids, Moms, Family, Media News
Erin Kotecki Vest

If you'd like to stay ahead of the curve, oh Main Stream Dinosaur, feel free to give us moms a call.

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Kicking the Kids Out of the Bedroom for Sex

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Laura Berman, Parenting Tips, Children, Kids, Better Sex Life, Sex, Sleeping Better, Sex Life, Parenting, Sleeping, Sleeping Well, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

All that super-parenting takes its toll. We can go to bed too tired for sex and perhaps too stressed out to fall asleep easily.

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Sweet & Sassy: Do Tweens Need Their Own Salons?

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Sweet & Sassy, Teen Girls, Puberty, Tweens, Salons, Tween Salons, Bratz, Kids, Children, Teens, Parenting, Beauty Industry, Beauty, Living News
Anastasia Goodstein

Maybe "makeover" is a concept adults can stomach when we watch the neverending stream of reality shows, but I'm not sure that's a great message for 8-year-olds.

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Thompson: Iraqi Insurgents "A Bunch Of Kids With IEDs"

CNN | Peter Hamby | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Kids, Iraq, Insurgents, IEDs, Fred Thompson, Politics News

At a campaign stop in South Carolina Wednesday, Fred Thompson said that the Iraqi insurgency is made up of "a bunch of kids with improvised explosive ...

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Club Penguin Emergency! I.T. Experts In Your Home Rush To The Rescue

The New York Times | Michelle Slatalla | Posted 09.13.2007 | Living

Read More: I.T. Support, Kids, Living News

As Henry Jenkins, a director of the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, put it in an interview: "The rate ...

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