by Stacey
Yesterday evening we took the kids to Cyclefest, a Seattle-based event that included beer on tap, loud music, lots of people wearing spandex, and a giant screen set up on the grass to watch the Alpe d’huez stage of the Tour de France. (For more on that go to my husband’s great blog about […]

by Stacey
If toxic paint wasn’t enough of a reason to boycott toys made in China, an article in today’s NY Times says that hundreds and maybe thousands of children in China have been sold to work as slave laborers in booming coastal factory cities.
Authorities in southern Guangdong Province, near Hong Kong, said they had already […]

by Stacey
Just in time for this Mother’s Day comes a book that many of us I’m sure will find very useful. According to this article in Newsweek, a Florida plastic surgeon named Michael Salzhauer has penned a book called “My Beautiful Mommy.” It features a perky mother explaining to her child why she’s having […]

by Stacey
A few weeks ago I wrote about talking to my four-year old son Sage about sex. According to this recent article in the Washington Post, parents should plan on having “the talk” early and often.
Today, experts urge parents to welcome questions on sexuality by the time their kids can ask why the sky […]

by Stacey
One of the most heated debates among parents involves the safety of vaccines. In recent years, some parents have warned that vaccines caused their child’s autism, a claim that federal scientists have refuted. But the recent news of the government’s compensation to the family of 9-year old Hannah Poling may move the debate into […]

by Stacey
A mother in New York has been making headlines the last few days after leaving her nine-year old son at Bloomingdale’s in Manhattan to find his way home armed with a MetroCard, a subway map, twenty bucks, and some quarters to call home in case he got lost.
The mom, Lenore Skenazy who is a […]

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
About a week ago I went to hear a lecture on talking to kids about sex by Amy Lang, a parent educator in Seattle. I really was just tagging along with a friend and hadn’t given much thought to the topic since my kids are only four and one-year old.
Well, I got […]

by Stacey
The EcoMom has arrived. Instead of worrying over gleaming floors and sparkling dishes, the NY Times reported earlier this week that moms these days are obsessed on installing compact fluorescent light bulbs, buying in bulk and using “smart” power strips that shut off electricity to the espresso machine, microwave, X-Box, VCR, coffee grinder, television […]

by Stacey
Sorry Sascha. Sometimes it can seem like living with a toddler is like living with a wild animal. Unwanted food gets thrown on the floor, magazines you haven’t read yet get ripped to shreds, puzzle pieces get hurled across the room. But according to this article in the NY Times, one of the nation’s […]

by Stacey
A new rule will soon go into effect in schools across one of DC’s prominent Maryland suburbs that will require school officials to notify parents if they learn that a female student is pregnant. According to this article in last Sunday’s Washington Post, it’s a move health experts say violates a young woman’s right […]