I’ve been scared since I first found that Bisphenol-A (BPA) can cause all sorts of problems from feminizing fish, cancer, to undescended testes in boys but a new Mother Jones exposé has me shaking in my boots. I was pregnant when the public started finding out about the effects of (BPA) and while I was […]

Credit: Aren’tYouAlex-Spencer? One thing you have to know about me is that I’m a worrier. That’s why I’ve decided not continue Freebie Friday for now because I would like to be able to post free educational opportunities as soon as I hear about them without worrying that I could be posting after a deadline. Therefore, […]

I was inspired to  write this post after reading the first article in the fascinating series, “Unsung Black Women in History“, on Clutch Magazine. I wrote in the comments that it’s important that our kids understand that black history is filled with every day heroines and heroes who not only persevered but triumphed despite the […]

    As much as I love the Love and Logic parenting technique, there are some things that I feel I need to tailor for my child. For instance, I find that their approach to lying doesn’t quite work for me right now. For one, my son is only five and I think rushing to […]

Forty kids at Uintah Elementary in Utah had their lunches ripped from their hands and thrown into the trash because their parents had owed money on their lunch accounts. The Salt Lake City school district apologized for taking  away the children’s lunches but their ideas about how to fix the issue revolve around notifying parents and […]