I recently interviewed Jane Nelsen, a parenting expert and author of many books about positive discipline. She is the author of the book I reviewed not long that gave me the idea for a Chill Out/positive time-out room. I loved all the reader feedback I got on that post. So I sat down to speak with Jane Nelsen and here are the transcripts of that conversation. If it reads like a conversation that is because it was. We talked about positive discipline, why punitive parenting and permissive … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
Apple Festival Fun
This weekend I took the kids to an Apple Festival at a local orchard. In addition to buying a ton of yummy apples we had a great time. This kids went on a hayride, went through a corn maze, pet some animals, and played in a box of corn-sand (as they called it). This a yearly treat we always look forward too...though it was not without some tantrums when we had to leave. ;) My youngest loved walking through a field maze and trying to taste every plant we came across. This kid is a total … [Read more...]
Meat – Is it Bad for the Planet?
Two years ago...even last year, I would have defended my meat loving ways until the cows came home. ;) But as I go further along in this great green journey it gets harder and harder for me to justify eating meat. The statistics for environmental devastation just get more and more depressing. The meat eating habit is killing this planet and I think it is time for more green folks to own up to that instead of treat it like the elephant in the room that everyone wants to ignore. Just look at some … [Read more...]
Greening This Recession
Here in the US the news has been taken over by talk of the financial crisis, the Federal bailout proposal, our current state of recession, and the much worse recession we are told could be looming. I am not going to get into my opinions of the bailout. I will just say that I am torn between wanting to letting corporate greed die the slow death it deserves and protecting people who may lose their retirement funds in the stock market if we do allow that to happen. My parents were already hit … [Read more...]
Earthwise Kids
My daughter recently fell in love with a new eco product for kids from Earthwise Kids. They offer eco themed books and organic tees in cool packages that include jute carrying bags. The basic idea is to read them the inspirational stories about wildlife, oceans, and land and how kids step up to take care of them by being "earthwise" kids. The books in the series are: Protect the Ocean, Save the Wildlife, and Protect the Land. The stories are about children, polar bears, sea turtles, and other … [Read more...]
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