Around the Green Parenting Web: Dora’s Home Birth, Sensory Tsunami, Holiday Safety Tips, Children & Climate Change, Community of Mothers

Just Mommies: Dora The Explorer and Homebirth? Dora was heading to her own home. I started watching because I had never seen her parents. Frankly, they appear to be pretty neglectful since their daughter is off on adventures with a monkey every day. Does she even go to … [Read more...]

BPA on Money Means More BPA in You

A new study was released today giving new meaning to the phrase “toxic assets.” “On The Money: BPA on Dollar Bills and Receipts” researched by the nonprofit groups Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and the Washington Toxics Coalition, set out to investigate the extent to … [Read more...]

8 Ways Neuroscience Supports Natural Parenting

Last Thursday, I attended a conference on Teaching Children with Developmental Disabilities to Speak: Current Research and Best Practices in San Francisco. I was enthralled when Martha Burns, Ph.D spoke on neuroscience, as she supported my green mama rants. From eating organic … [Read more...]

Around the Green Parenting Web: BPA in Money, 2nd Hand Xmas, Bed Sharing, Kegels, Natural Birth

green generation: BPA In Paper Money It turns out that the cash in your wallet may be contaminated with the dangerous chemical BPA. A recent study found that BPA (a widely used chemical that causes genetic damage, miscarriages, birth defects and acts like a hormone) is present … [Read more...]

New Study: Infant TV Exposure Lowers Cognitive and Language Development

It's not exactly a new discovery that early exposure to television causes a lag in infant language development, but a new study adds cognition to the equation. Not only did the authors of this new study include duration of media viewing, as is commonly been the focus of such … [Read more...]