Q: Is it true that asthma cases in children often correlate to living close to roads and all the associated pollution-spewing traffic? Living near a roadway certainly does exacerbate asthma, especially for kids. To wit, a recent study by the University of Southern California (USC)—the most comprehensive by far to date on this topic—found that [...]
Q: Is it true that children are sicker today than they were a generation ago and that pesticides have played a major role? It’s impossible to say with certainty that our modern reliance on pesticides is directly causing more of our children to get sick more often, but lots of new research points in that [...]
Q: Are all the commercial messages kids are bombarded with today having any noticeable negative effects? And if so what can a concerned parent like me do to limit my child’s exposure to advertising and marketing? No doubt, marketers are hard at work targeting our children with their messages and creating young demand for their [...]
A while back, I was having a conversation with friends who have two small children, both under 5 years old. We were discussing how difficult it is to raise the children, what with both of them working full-time. I don’t have kids myself, but I can empathize with just how busy their life is. Somehow [...]
With every pair of their shoes that you purchase, TOMS Shoes gives a pair of new shoes to a child in need. Pretty cool, right? Their One for One program has given over one million pairs of shoes to children in need through their partners around the world. That’s amazing. TOMS’ founder Blake Mycoskie found [...]
“Improving the lives of children living in high-risk, urbanized neighborhoods by helping to create a sense of positive self-regard and self-reliance, a strong work ethic, and hope.” Seriously, what could be more noble than that? I just found out about The Urban Farm here in Denver, which happens to be only 4 miles from my [...]
