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Take the Oprah pledge for safer driving
Go Oprah! So far, hundreds of thousands of people have signed Oprah’s pledge, promising to make their cars “No Phone Zones.” Today’s a national day of action to stop distracted driving such as texting and talking on a cell phone while driving. Why don’t you join her? We have. Make your car a no-phone zone [...]
Slobproofing your home from boys, big and little
MomstoWork gets loads of questions from readers … about how to reduce national debt and prevent hyperinflation, even The Wall Street Journal asking for our view on who should succeed Donald Kohn on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. (Give it to Christina Romer, chairwoman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.) And then [...]
Working men make kids fat is the headline we should be seeing
Very Quick Update Leanne Clark responded to my post, Now I’m Making my kids fat,” by tweeting: Can’t we stop beating up on moms? Dads work, too! RT @MomsToWork And now I’m making my kids fat by working, says study. ” She’s right. Why don’t we see headlines like this? Working Dads Make Kids Sick: [...]
Just keep reading … and dancing with your kids
Read, sing, dance with this video, Gotta Keep Reading with your little and big kids. Students and faculty Ocoee Middle School in Florida made the video to promote reading — changing the lyrics to a song by the Black-Eyed Peas. Oprah Winfrey filmed a segment of her show on the school’s grounds, and announced that [...]
And now I am making my kids fat
Children whose mothers work part-time are less likely to be overweight than children whose moms are in full-time work or not in the workforce, according to new Australian research. The study looked at the impact of mothers’ hours of paid work on children’s lifestyle and weight at ages 4-5 years and 6-7 years, using data [...]
We Interrupt This Parenting Moment To Bring You a Moment Of Guilt
I loved our guest bloggers’ post about guilt being like our pelvic floor… deep, dark and hidden until after we have kids. And it made me think about my own guilt … My guiltiest mom moments Mother guilt is like a TV ad: It interrupts my regularly scheduled programming at defined intervals in an annoying and [...]
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