Reflections on Backpacking with Children

Last weekend, I took my seven-year-old son on his first backpacking trip. For my ten-year-old daughter, it was her fourth trip into the wilderness. Why do I take my children on these overnight adventures when we already live in a place more wild and natural than designated … [Read more...]

Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, Executive Director/CEO, Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org A recent study in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine got me thinking about perceptions—and misconceptions—when it comes to water. According to the study, … [Read more...]

Uninspired

As I peruse my Google Reader and inbox, I am uninspired to write today. I am tired of BPA, kids losing recess, overuse of antibiotics, Facebook and teachers, Barbie, gut allergies...These are all topics I considered writing about today, but instead, I write nothing. As a … [Read more...]

All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe

You know how with some songs you can’t get the lyrics out of your head? That’s what I’m doing right now. Every time I read another breaking news story on clean air I hear, “All that I need is the air that I breathe/And to love you.” (Sorry if now you’re doing it, too.) But it’s … [Read more...]

What Are The Best Apps For Healthy Homes & Parenting?

by Stephanie Phoenix, Social Media Apprentice, Healthy Child Healthy World Smart phones are nothing if not useful. And in this day and age, most parents have one (and often a tablet, too). If we’re going to have these know-it-all devices, we might as well put them to work for … [Read more...]