Archives for November 2010

Around the Green Parenting Web: Facebook, Breast Milk Sharing, Destruction of American Childhood, Happy Meal Toys, and Vegetarian Babies

Healthy Child Healthy World: Is it Healthy to Raise a Vegetarian Baby? Vegetarian parents often wonder whether raising their children with a similar diet will affect their nutrition and health. Dr. Sears explains that with the proper food and information raising a vegetarian … [Read more...]

Hank D and the Bee: Cold Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving from Hank D, the Bee, and me! -Joe Follow the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green goings-on, follow Joe on Twitter @GreenCartoons. More on Thanksgiving Turkey can be climate friendly; spinach, … [Read more...]

Holiday Toy Safety: 25 Years of Trouble in Toyland

With the holiday shopping season about to begin in earnest, and all of the over-consumerism it represents, we are once again cautioned by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) that many toys are not safe. Trouble in Toyland: The 25th Annual Survey of Toy Safety has just … [Read more...]

10 Green Book Recommendations: Are Your Kids’ Books Destroying the Rainforest?

[slideshow]Any early childhood educator knows that the single most important thing a parent can do for their child's cognitive development is read to them. Any environmentalist knows that rainforest destruction is a huge contributor to climate change. Combine children's … [Read more...]

Washington Head Start Bans Breastfeeding Violating Discrimination Law

Here is another absurd story about mothers being asked to stop breasfeeding... A mother who regularly volunteers at a Head Start program in Washington state was told she would no longer be able to breastfeed her 13-month toddler because it made some parents and staff … [Read more...]