The holidays are supposed to be “the most wonderful time of the year,” yet for many people they might as well be known as “the most stressful time of the year.” We often think of stress as something that only affects adults, but...
Topics: anxiety, BlogHer post, children, christmas, hannukah, Health, holidays, Kids, Mothering, Parenting, relatives, stress, thanksgiving, Travel

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Thank you, Sesame Street, for providing entertaining and educational quality programing for the past 40 years. I enjoyed growing up watching Big Bird, Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie and the gang, and I love that my kids can still enjoy them (and..
Topics: birthday, Current events, sesame street

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This weekend as my friend Melissa was showing me her cool pressure canner and all of the foods she’s canned with it, we started talking about the presence of BPA in most store-bought canned goods. The presence of BPA (bisphenol-A) in canned goods...
Topics: Activism, americans, bisphenol A, BPA, can liners, cancer, canned food, crock pot, diabetes, diet, Environmentalism, Food, genital abnormalities, Health, heart disease, infertility, Kids, My life, Natural living, obesity, Parenting, plastic, synthetic estrogen, teethers, toys

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It feels like all we are hearing about in the news are the extreme cases of H1N1 (namely the deaths and hospitalizations), and while they are worth noting for sure, they are definitely the minority. Because of this, I decided to create a survey to get...
Topics: Current events, flu, h1n1, Health, media, survey, swine flu

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At my house there is never a shortage of green material (also known as wet or nitrogen-rich matter) - orange peels, corn husks, dinner food scraps, yard waste, etc. - for my compost bin, but when it comes to finding brown (also known as dry or...
Topics: compost, composting, Crunchiness, Environmentalism, Gardening, Green tip, leaves, Natural living

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