Are you interested in raising your children to be creative, engaged, curious and self-assured?  The toys you buy them may be at odds with your objectives.   Â
With so many of today’s popular electronic toys, it is the product (not the child) that supplies the entertainment.  The child’s role is mostly that of an observer.  Since there [...]

I know it sounds cliché, but our most important resource for ensuring the future health of our planet really is our children. Raising them to be mindful of the world around them teaches them lessons that go way beyond resource conservation.  Learning how to preserve our earth will help our children:

 Feel empowered to be part [...]

It’s winter, and I’m freezing.  I’m a California girl living in the Midwest, and the first year I lived here I refused to go outside on a day that it was 0º because I was pretty certain that my lungs would freeze and I would die unglamorously on the sidewalk in front of Target.Â
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Even after [...]