The best gifts you can give the kids
As the weather turns colder, we begin to realize that the holidays are soon approaching. Christmas items are already on display and a few people have even started their holiday shopping. Many people are asking, “Where did the year go? I can’t believe the holidays are here again already.” Often, the holidays become hectic,…
There’s more to know about breastfeeding
We’ve all heard that “breast is best.” Yet despite vast amounts of data on the benefits of breastmilk to infants, only 47 percent of babies are still breastfed at age six months, and only 25 percent are breastfed at one year. Why are these numbers so low, especially in light of the fact that…
Start new family holiday traditions
My 19-year-old niece informed me of my responsibility for her belief for several years since she was six years old that people got pregnant by eating pickles. Why, I asked? Because when she was six years old and I was seven months pregnant, I ate a pickle in front of her. Kids remember the darnedest…
Teaching a generation to be generous
Recently 12-year-old Alexia Blakeman made headlines with Courageous Kaydie, a paper doll she created to honor a friend of her grandmother’s who was stricken with breast cancer. Over the last year she has raised more than $800 for breast cancer research by encouraging people to pay $1 to have their picture taken with her paper…
