If you have been reading Eco Child's Play for awhile, you know we hate plastic toys. When it comes to toy storage, our loathing of plastic influences our choices. We have found that sea grass baskets are a great alternative to plastic bins for toy storage. Sea Grass … [Read more...]
Iraqi Children Paying the Highest Cost of War
According to Democracy Now!:One In Eight Iraqi Children Die Before the Age of FiveIraq's infant mortality rate has soared by 150 percent since 1990 according to a new report by the charity Save the Children. One in eight Iraqi children now die of disease or violence before the … [Read more...]
Green Family Values: Are Our Children Lab Rats?
Monday's Daily Grist included the headline "I Believe the Children Are Our Lab Rats: Pesticides could make kids dumb, diesel emissions make them sick". After the recent news about BPA in baby bottles, lead in children's lunchboxes, jewelry, and baby bibs, as … [Read more...]
Whimisical Wooden Instruments
Although I am not a musician, I believe it is important to provide children with musical instruments for their play. Many of the oral muscles used in playing these instruments are necessary for speech development. Exhaling through an instrument is great practice for making … [Read more...]
Can You Assign a Monetary Value to Motherhood?
Mother's Day is approaching, which means someone, somewhere will try to assign a salary to motherhood to demonstrate the value of this job. Every time I hear this news, at first I applaud the effort, then I wonder, what's the point? Isn't motherhood, or fatherhood, beyond … [Read more...]
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