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Past Talks
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Nov.18.2010 1:00pm ESTGoing Beyond Business As Usual This Holiday Season
Attention, entrepreneurs and small business owners! Join us for a live chat on creative ways of showing clients your appreciation this holiday season. Barbara Corcoran, spokesperson for PictureItPostage, real estate contributor for the TODAY Show, and author of "Use What You’ve Got", a bestselling business book, will lead the chat. She has some great tips on creative ways to thank your clients and break through the clutter to reach new customers. Talk with Barbara and a group of incredibly imaginative and successful mom bloggers who are also business owners themselves about their ideas and yours for taking extra special care of your clients this year! We'll have a special offer from PictureItPostage to give you the opportunity to increase your brand exposure and make your mailings pop - so don't miss this awesome, informative Talk!
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Oct.20.2010 1:00pm ESTHow To Unspoil Your Child Fast
Ninety-four percent of parents judge their children to be spoiled. Yikes! Richard Bromfield, Ph.D., a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, will lead a conversation on his new book, "How to Unspoil Your Child Fast". Cookie Magazine described Dr. Bromfield's book this way: "It's a lively, engaging, helpful book that offers a look at our generation of parents and why we're tempted to indulge our children." Bring your stories and questions and get ready for an eye-opening, needed conversation!!
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Sep.28.2010 1:00pm ESTGetting Back to the Table With Libby's and Hannah Keeley
Let's talk about how we get our families back to the table! Hannah Keeley, host of the TV show Hannah Help Me!, will lead a chat on the importance of family dinners, recipe ideas, conversation starters and ways we can use time with our families to give back locally, such as donating to the Libby's Virtual Canned Food Drive. Share your tips for getting the family back to dinner to win a wonderful Libby's gift basket. The fantastic mom blogger co-hosts for the Talk all recently joined Hannah for lunch in three cities, sponsored by Libby's - in Houston, Kansas City and Pittsburgh - where together they created family activity kits for families in need. We're looking forward to hearing great new ideas for getting our families back to the table!
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Jul.06.2010 1:00pm ESTKids, Meds and Mental Health with Judith Warner
The Washington Post described Judith Warner's book, "We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication," this way: "Nowhere did Warner encounter mothers or fathers eager to medicate healthy kids for trivial reasons. Instead, she found parents struggling to find and afford decent treatment for children disabled by their symptoms or their behavior, parents who had turned to psychiatric medicines only out of desperation -- and a society that persists in stigmatizing mental illness, blames parents when kids are affected, and has done far too little to ensure that such kids can get access to treatments that have been shown to work." Join us for an amazing conversation with Judy about kids, meds and mental health - bring your own stories and experiences for us all to talk, learn and support each other.
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Jun.02.2010 1:00pm ESTRegina Brett and God Never Blinks
We're talking about taking care of ourselves and the life lessons that are most important to us. Regina Brett caused a sensation when she wrote a column for the Cleveland Plain Dealer listing her life lessons. Her top ten life lessons are: 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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May.19.2010 12:00pm ESTDinner for Busy Moms
We're talking with Jeanne Muchnick about her new book, "Dinner for Busy Moms" and easy strategies for getting our family to the table. We'll share some of our favorite recipes (even for us non-cooks) and conversation starters beyond, "What'd you do in school today?" Thank you to the WONDERFUL co-hosts joining the conversation (see the Talk sidebar for the full list)! Sponsored by Sprout Baby Food.
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May.03.2010 11:00am ESTEllen Galinsky and the Life Skills Every Child Needs
We're talking with Ellen Galinsky about her brand new, already bestselling book "Mind in the Making" (it's #1 on Amazon's parenting list) about the seven most important "life skills" for children growing up today. Ellen wants our kids to learn for grades and learn for life. To communicate effectively, work well with diverse groups of people, think outside the box, and be ongoing learners. And to have all that, they need these seven skill: Focus and Self Control; Perspective Taking; Communicating; Making Connections; Critical Thinking; Taking On Challenges; Self-Directed, Engaged Learning. "It may well be the next iconic parenting manual, up there with Spock and Leach and Brazelton, one that parents turn to for reassurance that all is more or less okay, reminders of how to make it better and glimpses of what’s to come." - Lisa Belkin, The New York Times, April 29, 2010 Join the conversation!
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Apr.15.2010 11:00am ESTWorking Outside the Home
Let's talk about working outside the home. Are you going to a job each day or thinking about it. How's it going? Is there ever such thing as 'balance' for you? How about making time for all the people in your life ... including yourself? What's front and center for you right now?
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Apr.12.2010 10:00am ESTThe Book Nook
Summer is coming and that means beach reads! What books have you read lately that you just couldn't put down? Share your favorites so we can all indulge!
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Apr.08.2010 10:00am ESTShare The Love
We're all looking for great places and resources on the web - what blogs and websites do you love and return to often? Be sure to tell us about your own personal blog! And any favorite posts that you've read or written yourself!
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Oct.20.2009 1:00pm ESTDealing with Mean At All Ages and Stages
Tues, Oct 20 at 1 pm ET: Rosalind Wiseman, author of "Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and the New Realities of Girl World" - newly revised - is here to talk about mean behavior, however and wherever it shows up in our and our daughters' lives.
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Oct.07.2009 1:00pm ESTLet's Talk Organic With the Founder of Earthbound Organic
Wed, Oct 7th, at 1 pm ET: Myra Goodman will talk about how our food choices make a bigger impact on the planet than the car we buy and how we can live organically within a budget. And she'll share her favorite recipes.
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Sep.24.2009 1:00pm ESTRaising Double-Daring Girls and Boys
Thurs, Sept 24th at 1 pm ET: Bestselling author Miriam Peskowitz joins us to talk about why her books have struck such a chord around the world and what it means to be daring, and to take up the journey of our lives.
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The Forum
ONE Mom Can Make a Difference
TheMotherhood has partnered with the ONE Campaign to support the amazing advocacy work they do in developing countries, especially their efforts on behalf of mothers and children in Africa. From July 23-30, 2011, Emily and Cooper will be in Kenya with ONE and 8 other social media moms. Be a part of the journey – sign up here for updates: http://one.org/us/actnow/moms/ and help shine a blazing spotlight on extreme poverty and disease, and in the process make change! Here's a link to their schedule in Kenya, with daily actions you can take: http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/492228 and here are links to ways you can follow along and see pictures, too: http://www.themotherhood.com/post/show/id/492230
LATEST POSTED BY: EmilyWhen Cooper and I started blogging in 2004, we had no idea what was coming.
Seriously, who could have imagined the mind-blowingly creative ways that we would all would use the web to make our lives better?!
Down the road, I have no doubt we’ll look back on these days and say, “That’s when it all changed.”
I was thinking about that idea – that we’re living in this incredible time in history when our lives are changing in so many ways for the good - when ONE asked me to blog about their 12 Days of Change Campaign and to focus in particular on Living Proof.
Here’s the connection. We never imagined our lives could change so much so quickly, and across the ocean, vast improvements are happening in Africa that would have been inconceivable a decade ago.
Just this week, the cover story in the Economist is “Africa Rising: The Hopeful Continent.”
Africa … The Hopeful Continent.
Not many people (aside from the ONE Campaign) would have said that about Africa ten years ago.
Yet, “in eight of the past ten years, Africa has grown faster than East Asia, including Japan,” according to the Economist. “Africa now has the fastest growing middle class in the world.”
The health of millions has improved.
In a Living Proof video, Melinda Gates says that 3 million people are now receiving antiretroviral drugs to control HIV/AIDS. That includes a lot of moms who are staying alive and can now raise their children and do all the things that moms do to make things better for their families and neighbors.
We really might see a healthy, prosperous Africa in our lifetimes.
And that’s what the Living Proof Project is showing us - the stories of the incredible progress being made by some of the world’s poorest people.
In the spirit of the holidays, join us today to share and marvel at what’s been made possible in our lives and in the lives of Africans.
Today’s 12 Days of Change action is super easy: Share Living Proof with your friends!!!
Use Facebook, Twitter and the blogs to talk about Living Proof and share a video, a ONE PSA, a story or fact about smart and effective aid that is working in Africa.
Here’s a tweet if you’d like:
It's 12 Days of Change & @EmilyMcKhann says to spread the word on the @OneCampaign’s great Living Proof project: http://bit.ly/e4L2hW
Thank you and happy holidays!!
The ONE 12 Days of Change Project: http://bit.ly/vgpia6
Living Proof: http://bit.ly/e4L2hW
Amy Oztan's post on the 12 Days of Change: http://bit.ly/uutUI8ViewDecember.7th.2011
JulieCole's Circle
Personal Circle for JulieCole
LATEST POSTED BY: JulieColeMother’s Day – What I Don’t Want Mother’s Day is around the corner and everyone is asking the moms what we want. I’m a simple gal and not particularly high maintenance in the gifts department. I don’t want flowers or jewelry for Mother’s Day or any other occasion really. In fact, my perfect Mother’s Day gift would be doing without some things. For example, there are certain comments made by the general public that we mamas could do without. Mamas of biggie-sized families prefer not to be asked if we own a TV or suggestions that we should take up a hobby. Contrary to popular belief, we are not actually spending the majority of our time participating in baby-making activities. Another classic one – when I go out alone in the evening, I’d like people to stop asking who is taking care of the kids. There is this guy in their lives called their “father”. And no, he’s not “babysitting”. I checked in with Daddy-o and he has never been asked this question when out for the evening, yet I hear it constantly. As for the Daddy-o list of things we mamas could do without, I think these few simple requests will do: 1) I’d like all men who happen to get up before their sleeping partners to carry their socks and shoes downstairs to put them on. Read: do not sit on the side of the bed and make the mattress jerk around. Oh, and don’t turn on your electric toothbrush either, ‘kay? Thanks. 2) Don’t shop – allow me. On my second Mother’s Day, I had a 17-month-old and a 7-week-old, both with chickenpox. Without naming names, *someone* got up on that day and said he was going out for the morning to do some Mother’s Day shopping. Yeah, right. Just hand over the credit card and you watch the kids – I can do my own shopping, thanks. 3) Let me manage and prioritize the “honey-do” list. You know when you’re out there in the garden puttering around with one of your projects and I’ve got kids hanging around my neck as I’m trying to prepare for a dinner party for 20 guests? Yeah, that. Stop it. Put the hammer down and release the children from me. What is your Mother’s Day wish list? Does it involve diamonds, breakfast in bed or crap-tastic crafts galore? What could you do with and without on your one day a year?ViewMay.9th.2012
On the Lighter Side
Laughter is the best medicine (IS SO!!!) right? Most especially, for those of us who would like to see the "fun" put back into "dysfunctional" and are in serious need of a good laugh, or twenty!!! Having a bad day (or, twenty?) Well, clean off a chair, sit down and feel free to share in a quick dose of "teh funny!"
LATEST POSTED BY: BeckiWhen he's not busy governing the country, the President likes to relax by making music videos...ViewJanuary.17th.2012
Straight Facts About Vaccines from Experts for Adults & Kids
Everyone has an opinion about vaccines, but do they have the facts? Do parents know what they need to about vaccines for their kids...and for themselves, too? What are vaccines, how do they work, how long do they work, why do some people get sick anyway, and what is there to know about them that I probably don’t? Overall, what I learned from the seven incredible experts who agreed to take on my curiosity and satisfy it with facts and information, is that it is just as important for parents to consider their own health and immunity, as it is for them to take care of their kids’ health. So with this…here is everything you need to know about vaccines, but probably don’t!
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin OMore parents think it's safer to delay vaccines 1 in 10 families not following the recommended schedule of shots, survey finds Parents are increasingly skipping or delaying vaccines for their young children, despite doctors' concerns that doing so will leave their children and community at risk for preventable diseases. A nationwide survey found that more than 1 in 10 parents vaccinated their children outside of the recommended schedule developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only 2 percent of parents in the study refused all vaccines for their children. But many showed distrust of the official recommended vaccination schedule, and 13 percent reported using an alternative vaccine schedule, meaning they skipped or delayed vaccines, according to the paper published today (Oct. 3) in the journal Pediatrics. Even among the parents who followed the recommended schedule, 25 percent said they believed delaying vaccines avoided side effects, and 29 percent thought allowing parents to skip vaccines let them avoid "those vaccines that aren't really necessary." Despite these beliefs, vaccine researcher Dr. Paul Offit said that vaccines are safe, and that delaying vaccines does not protect against rare side effects. "What do you get for delaying it? Nothing," said Offit, chief of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The survey responses also indicated parents were not aware of the risks of delaying vaccines. For instance, 81 percent of parents who skipped or delayed vaccines did not "agree" with the fact that leaving children unvaccinated puts them and their community at risk for disease. "That's wrong," Offit said. "Those decisions are being made not only on false beliefs on vaccine safety, but also false believes on contagious disease and transmission." He added that the vaccination schedule was developed out of safety data from the clinical trials of vaccines. Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44755094/ns/health-childrens_health/ViewOctober.3rd.2011
Our Fabulous Kids!
Since we are all fabulous moms, I just know we all have the most fabulous kids ever! So let's show them off! Share photos, videos, audios, and stories of them being cute, funny, embarrassing, silly,or any of the other million emotions we get to go through with them each day! =) Please note, all off topic posts will be deleted!
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin O13-year-old Texas boy wins Nat'l Geographic Bee WASHINGTON – A 13-year-old boy from Texas won the National Geographic Bee on Wednesday by correctly identifying the country that is home to the Tungurahua volcano. Tine Valencic of Colleyville didn't miss a single question during the final round of the bee, defeating nine other boys and taking home a $25,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos Islands. The answer that got him the win: Ecuador. "I'm just taking it all in," he said after winning and being lent tissues to dry his eyes by both the bee moderator, "Jeopardy!' game show host Alex Trebek, and the bee's second-place finisher. To get to the bee in Washington, students had to win their respective state-level competitions. The group of winners, all fourth through eighth graders, competed in a preliminary round Tuesday, narrowing the field to 10. In the final round Wednesday at National Geographic's headquarters, students answered questions ranging from identifying the flags of various countries to what country the "bandura" is the national instrument of: Ukraine. Anthropologist Jane Goodall and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both asked taped video questions. To clinch the victory, Valencic won a best-of-five final round, which included a question asking for the Italian name for sediment deposits that connect a shoreline with an offshore island: tombolo. Valencic and his opponent, 11-year-old Nilai Sarda of Georgia, got that one right. But Sarda stumbled on the question about the Tungurahua volcano, believing incorrectly that it was in Peru. He takes home $15,000 for second place. Third-place finisher Stefan Petrovic of Lawrence, Kan., won $10,000. Aside from the three top-place finishers, the finalists competing Wednesday were: Alex Kimn of South Dakota, Kevin Mi of Indiana, Luke Hellum of Arizona, Tuvya Bergson-Michelson of California, Karthik Karnik of Massachusetts, Anthony Cheng of Utah and Andrew Hull of Alaska. The bee will be broadcast on National Geographic Channel over four nights in June and will also be broadcast on public TV stations. Read the article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_geography_beeViewMay.25th.2011Uppity Women
We are women who believe in progress and equality in the sense that yeah, we can, and the fact that we're women? Not really relevant! Some call us uppity, we just call ourselves successful.
LATEST POSTED BY: juliepippertThe Politics of...Underwear? Yes! Of underwear and how it shaped women, historically. So to speak. really interesting! http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/aug/29/womens-rights-talk-undresses-issues-historical-mus/ "aturday, historian Rebecca Morrison-Peck gave a nearly two-hour talk at the Clark County Historical Museum on the “Politics of Underwear” and how undergarments have evolved and were influenced by American culture between 1750 and 1950. The Yacolt costume designer told the packed crowd of mostly women, young and old, that she’s talked before about woman’s underwear, but never delved into the politics. As she explained, however, underwear is a good insight into how women were viewed during a certain time period and what was expected of them. “Women dressed to suit what men were interested in at the time,” Morrison-Peck said. “They relied on men to support them and take care of them,” so it would follow that they would wear undergarments that reflect men’s view of beauty. Her appearance was the first public event in conjunction with the museum’s new exhibit, “Road to Equality: The Struggle for Women’s Rights in the Northwest.” The exhibit runs through December 2011. There was a lot to talk about over 200 years, but the historian covered a lot of ground and showed off a lot of props on her mannequin, “Victoria.” Beginning in the late 1700s and into the 1800s, underwear was a “torture device,” Morrison-Peck said, with lots of layers and constricting pieces. First, there was the corset, which had steel plates sewn into the bodice to keep women’s posture straight."ViewAugust.29th.2010
TheMotherhood.com: You've Got To See This!
This is a circle for the post, note, quote or video you saw today that has stuck with you, here on theMotherhood. It is the one that you want to make sure EVERYONE sees. The one that is making you think in a new way, the one that inspires conversation, the one that pokes your heart. Just reblog that post here, You've Got To See This!
LATEST POSTED BY: DeborahThe new captain jumped from the deck, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the couple swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife. They had been splashing each other and she had screamed but now they were just standing, neck-deep on the sand bar. “We’re fine, what is he doing?” she asked, a little annoyed. “We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!” he barked as he sprinted between the stunned owners. Directly behind them, not ten feet away, their nine-year-old daughter was drowning. Safely above the surface in the arms of the captain, she burst into tears, “Daddy!”
How did this captain know – from fifty feet away – what the father couldn’t recognize from just ten? Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. The captain was trained to recognize drowning by experts and years of experience. The father, on the other hand, had learned what drowning looks like by watching television.
Important to read the rest here:http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/ViewMay.31st.2011
Fashion Mamas
Ways to stay a hot mom; fashion, beauty, hair and more. Share your tips with others
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin ONow and later: How to wear your summer wardrobe into fall By Stacy London Mid-August is that tricky time for shopping when pre-fall clothes are starting to hit stores while the weather outside continues to swelter. The key to buying pieces this late in the summer is finding clothes that can also carry through into cold weather. Not only will buying transitional pieces stretch the life of your wardrobe, it'll stretch your budget as well! I've chosen three trend-savvy but wearable pieces and styled them to work now -- and later. Patterned pants Now: I know these look tricky to pull off, and I wouldn't recommend them for women who carry their weight on their bottom half. BUT, we've created a user friendly and fun summer look that's a great alternative to shorts. When wearing a patterned bottom, keep the top simple and in a color palette that complements the pant. Also, fedora hats are still relevant and can be a fun completer piece to a casual outfit. Later: When transitioning these pants into fall, they may not be appropriate for day but can be a great addition to your evening wardrobe. Here we've added a black tuxedo jacket and simple white blouse for a modern and feminine take on menswear. And because we want this outfit to work for evening, add some killer heels and shine with sparkly jewelry like earrings or a necklace. Read more: http://thelook.today.com/_news/2011/08/12/7332669-now-and-later-how-to-wear-your-summer-wardrobe-into-fallViewAugust.15th.2011For better and FOR WORSE! Mom's committed to staying married!
NOW I am not talking about crazy, scary men here, drug addicts or abusers......I am talking about Fred and Joe and Bill who sit on the couch too much, Play Mafia Wars instead of mowing the grass, take forever to finish painting the gutters, leaves stinky socks in the front room and then COMPLAIN they don't have any clean ones (cough cough) and just as your getting older and feeling vulnerable, he compeletly forgets to make you feel beautiful. Or pretty, or at least not haggy! Sigh..... you're in this marriage for the long haul...matter of fact you know no one else would put up with his kids and besides he had a hand in these stretch marks from those kids and well, and you already have put in 15-20 years but hey still to stay sane, you need a place to VENT snivel and and ask for support! You just need moms like you raising kids and still wanting to be part of a couple! I think behind every good marriage is a woman who listens and supports the wife!!
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin OThis made me tear up a little. ---- Couple married 72 years dies holding hands 'Neither one of them would've wanted to be without each other' DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa couple who was married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as they held hands. Family said the story of Gordon and Norma Yeager is a real-life love story. On the day she graduated from high school, Norma Stock said yes to Gordon Yeager's marriage proposal. The couple got married on May 26, 1939 in State Center. "They're very old-fashioned. They believed in marriage til death do you part," said son Dennis Yeager. Dennis Yeager was the youngest of four children born to the couple. His sister Donna was first born. "Staying together for 72 years is good, I'd say that's exceptional," said Donna Sheets. The way the kids tell it, dad was the life of the party while mom kept everything together. "Anybody come over -- she was the hostess with the mostess. She just seriously -- the more she did -- the more she smiled," said Dennis Yeager. "Dad would be the center of attention, like, 'Weee look at me,' and mom was like 'get him away from me!' You know we even got a picture like that." Norma didn't really want the distance, and family said she hardly left Gordon's side for 72 years. "They just loved being together. Everybody argues once in awhile, but they still, he said 'I have to stick around. I can't go until she does because I have to stay here for her and she would say the same thing,'" said Dennis Yeager. Dennis Yeager said the couple left home last Wednesday to go into town, but they didn't make it. At the intersection of Highway 30 and Jessup Avenue just west of Marshalltown, state troopers said Gordon pulled in front of an oncoming car. "I rushed from Des Moines where I was working and saw them in the hospital," said Dennis Yeager. In the intensive care unit of Marshalltown's hospital, nurses knew not to separate Gordon and Norma. "They brought them in the same room in intensive care and put them together -- and they were holding hands in ICU. They were not really responsive," said Dennis Yeager. Gordon died at 3:38 p.m. holding hands with his wife as the family they built surrounded them. "It was really strange, they were holding hands, and dad stopped breathing but I couldn't figure out what was going on because the heart monitor was still going," said Dennis Yeager. "But we were like, he isn't breathing. How does he still have a heart beat? The nurse checked and said that's because they were holding hands and it's going through them. Her heart was beating through him and picking it up." "They were still getting her heartbeat through him," said Donna Sheets. At 4:48 p.m., exactly one hour after Gordon died, Norma passed too. "Neither one of them would've wanted to be without each other. I couldn't figure out how it was going to work," said Donna Sheets. "We were very blessed, honestly, that they went this way." "They just loved being together," said Dennis Yeager. At their funeral on Tuesday, Norma and Gordon held hands in their casket. Family said they will be cremated and their ashes mixed together. Article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44960859/ns/us_news-life/ViewOctober.19th.2011From Stay-at-Home to Back-to-Work
For those of us who have spent some time at home caring for our kids, the prospect of returning to work, or of starting a new career, can be both daunting and exciting. This circle is meant to be a source of inspiration and support for those of us trying to make this transition!
LATEST POSTED BY: Rachel BlaufeldI find that as I went back to work and started my venture, my kids became more independent in a GOOD way! I still spend a lot of quality time dong things with them rather than always for themViewAugust.13th.2011
Music Mamas
Music Moms is for all of us who love music, but have a hard time staying connected to it post-kids. Its a place to share tips and tricks about what's working for you, as well as any great new songs! For when you want to feel more Shirley Partridge than June Cleaver.
LATEST POSTED BY: JennI know I just posted about James Morrison, but now the Train album is out and I'm really loving it! It’s called “California 37.” I heard the first single off it, “Drive By,” and it’s great. My kids are even singing it! I think I may need to see them on this tour. I have loved Train since their first hit “Meet Virginia” off their first album in 1998. From there, they had me with “Drops of Jupiter” from their second album. And their last release “Save Me, San Francisco” produced 3 hits “Hey, Soul Sister”, “If It’s Love” and “Marry Me.” Who didn’t love “Hey, Soul Sister?” Pat Monahan’s voice is truly amazing. Check out their awesome site http://trainline.com to view their tour dates and click here to buy the album on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/California-37-Train/dp/B007G3H8Y0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334676539&sr=8-1 or click here to buy it on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/california-37/id514598046. You can like Train on Facebook, just click here: http://www.facebook.com/Train. I am so glad that Train has a new album out and I want to pass along this info to all of the other moms out there!!! I work for Miles Of Marketing (www.milesofmarketing.com) and they provided this information to me.ViewApril.27th.2012
Share the Love
The home of theMotherhood zenwalk; A circle where we remember that any little gesture can make a big difference. Any news, ideas or events that made a difference in someone's life. Sweet and thoughtful things your child, your friend, a stranger or an organization did today. Any news that highlighted a good cause. Every day we're bombarded with not-so-good news, it's nice to read some HAPPY and uplifting news that can definitely make everyone smile. So, share the love, you'll get more of it in return! Join in and share any little things that made you or anyone smile!
LATEST POSTED BY: Erin OThis is going to be a cool site! It's an online service that matches moms with potential friends in their area. So if you're a mom looking for new friends in the same parenting boat, or moving to a new area where you don’t know anyone, this is the kind of “friend matchmaking” service that might help you start a new IRL community. If you sign up now with the word "Booth" in the comment line, you'll get a free, unlimited membership once they officially launch. http://www.mom-ami.com/ViewJanuary.24th.2012Breast Cancer Warriors
Almost all of us know someone who's battled breast cancer. Some of us know many. In this circle, we honor those who are fighting, remember those who have lost their battles, educate ourselves, and support each other and those working to defeat this disease.
LATEST POSTED BY: BrandiePlease read. We need to start being honest in our portrayal of breast cancer. It's so important. Also? Stop the victim blaming. It's not helping a single person. http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2012/02/08/komen/ The real scandal: science denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure® By Christie AschwandenViewFebruary.9th.2012
Education Talk
All education talk. All the time.
LATEST POSTED BY: Brandie"They Shot Him, Papa!": Finding Smarter Ways to Talk to Kids About Diversity David Valdes Greenwood Teaching children about diversity can be a tricky proposition. In the "No Child Left Behind" era, so much time is devoted to preparing students for test-taking that old school subjects like good citizenship, social behavior, and community values may get short shrift. (There is, after all, no standardized test for "plays well with others.") Multiculturalism -- so widely emphasized in the Marlo Thomas 70's -- often ends up limited to theme days and special projects. When my daughter was in Kindergarten, the subject of diversity did not arise in her class until Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is how we found out that they were talking about race: over dinner, she announced that Martin Luther King Jr. wanted people with white skin and brown skin to be friends but people got mad so they shot him. While that is not an inaccurate summary of the history involved, it does pretty much foreground the assassination and diminish the rest of his accomplishments. It's a little depressing to think that the legacy of Dr. King's life could be boiled down into "Equality will get you killed." Obviously, race murder was not the subject we'd expected to be discussing when we asked "How was school, honey?" so we probed to find out what else she had learned. All she could remember was that people have different skin colors and that some people really don't like people with brown skin. As a mixed race girl in a school 95% white, this was not a small thing to ponder. This theme continued all week at school, with her classmates making paints to match their own skin colors, which I assume was meant to be empowering, but which only cemented the notion of pigment being key. I was volunteering in class that week and was asked to make a rainbow using the skin colors labeled by student name; I counter-proposed and suggested a collage, with all the colors mixed. Both ideas are ways of saying "we're all in this together" but the second approach moved away from any kind of spectrum in which similar colors would be closest to each other. Click the link to continue reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-valdes-greenwood/talking-to-kids-about-diversity_b_1193801.html?ncid=webmail11ViewJanuary.16th.2012Our Furry Neighbors
We love our pets! Let's share all the cute photos of them here.
LATEST POSTED BY: Kayla SThis is definitely true. My puppy is just like a person! He knows everything and definitely picks up all the emotions that my boyfriend and I give off! _____________ Dogs may pick up on human intent USAToday.com - Man's beloved four-legged friends not only respond to the words and ministrations of humans, dogs can understand and anticipate the intentions of their people, researchers are reporting. In a new study, dogs who were spoken to or who had direct eye contact with a person were more likely to follow that human's gaze as it moved across the room than if the person didn't make direct eye contact with them. The skills are equivalent to what is seen in 6-month-old human infants, say researchers, who published their findings online Jan. 5 in Current Biology. "These results support the notion that dogs are sensitive to the cues signaling humans' communicative intent in a way that is analogous to preverbal human infants," said study author Jozsef Topal. "Dogs were domesticated for the purpose of working with people, so it's essential that the two species are able to communicate," said Adam Goldfarb, director of pet care issues at The Humane Society of the United States. "Even though most dogs have transitioned away from their work of herding or hunting, they've retained their communication tools." More and more research is illuminating the uncanny human-like qualities of Canis lupus familiaris, better known as the domestic dog. Continue: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/pets/dogs/story/2012-01-05/Like-babies-dogs-pick-up-on-human-intent/52395162/1ViewJanuary.6th.2012
The Motherhood News
Welcome to The Motherhood! In this circle please share ideas on how to use The Motherhood and ask any questions you may have. We'd also love if you used this space to tell us about "bugs" -- things in the site that might not be working just right yet! We are so glad you are here.
LATEST POSTED BY: Susan24/7 MOMS is on the road this week in Hawaii Join www.247moms.com & Trisha on Tuesday night at 7pm/9pm PST for a taste of life on the Island. 247moms #1 webshow for moms!!!ViewSeptember.7th.2010
Giving Back
We like to live by the saying, "Leave everything a little better than you found it." How do you make the world a little bit better? Share here what you know about making a difference and making the world a better place.
LATEST POSTED BY: UncoolMomdotcomMy daughters and I joined a national mother-daughter organization a few years ago called National Charity League, Inc. (NCL). They have a chapter in our community. At first I was hesitant, because the dues were a bit high and it has a bit of a "junior league" feel, but it has been worth every penny. To be a member, you and your daughter(s), from the time they're in 7th grade until 12th, put in a required number of hours each year volunteering in the community. NCL sets up ties with a variety of organizations and you and your daughters "go and do". The teen years have been turbulent in our household and some of the only really good "mom and daughter times" for us have been when we're working side by side, volunteering. It's win-win-- we help make the world a better place and bond with each other. We've helped out at such organizations as Special Olympics, the animal shelter, a food bank, and a center for abused children. One of my daughters always says, "Well, we could always volunteer at those places without being a member of NCL" but having to "report hours" to the organization keeps us doing it-- I know we'd probably let life make us too busy otherwise!ViewFebruary.15th.2012
Women's Health News
Everything you need to know about what's happening in health care, health coverage, medicine, breakthroughs, and more...especially for women!
LATEST POSTED BY: Kayla STherapists are 'seeing' patients online NYT.com - The event reminder on Melissa Weinblatt’s iPhone buzzed: 15 minutes till her shrink appointment. She mixed herself a mojito, added a sprig of mint, put on her sunglasses and headed outside to her friend’s pool. Settling into a lounge chair, she tapped the Skype app on her phone. Hundreds of miles away, her face popped up on her therapist’s computer monitor; he smiled back on her phone’s screen. She took a sip of her cocktail. The session began. Ms. Weinblatt, a 30-year-old high school teacher in Oregon, used to be in treatment the conventional way — with face-to-face office appointments. Now, with her new doctor, she said: “I can have a Skype therapy session with my morning coffee or before a night on the town with the girls. I can take a break from shopping for a session. I took my doctor with me through three states this summer!” And, she added, “I even e-mailed him that I was panicked about a first date, and he wrote back and said we could do a 20-minute mini-session.” Since telepsychiatry was introduced decades ago, video conferencing has been an increasingly accepted way to reach patients in hospitals, prisons, veterans’ health care facilities and rural clinics — all supervised sites. But today Skype, and encrypted digital software through third-party sites like CaliforniaLiveVisit.com, have made online private practice accessible for a broader swath of patients, including those who shun office treatment or who simply like the convenience of therapy on the fly. Continue: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/fashion/therapists-are-seeing-patients-online.html?hpwViewSeptember.26th.2011The exerciseHOOD
I have never succeeded in sticking with a weight loss program. I thought maybe, just maybe creating a circle where we share out strengths and weaknesses and possibly hold ourselves accountable, we can try to be fit and healthy together. Join me on my adventure!
LATEST POSTED BY: Kayla SGadget gifts for the fitness forward If you have a fitness-minded friend, these are some great gift ideas! Check out the slide show of eight gifts that can help keep you exercising! http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/14/health/fitness-gadget-gifts/index.html?hpt=hp_bn10ViewDecember.14th.2011Moms In The Know
Information, discussions, and articles regarding the latest topics all Moms should know about.
LATEST POSTED BY: Katie SheererThis is good news for my parents since my 12 year old brother slept in their bed every night up until about a year ago! Do you allow your children to sleep in your bed with you? _____________________________________________________________________ Co-Sleeping With Your Kids ISN’T Bad For Them — New Study Reveals Researchers have discovered moms and dads who share a bed with their babies aren’t stunting their development and social skills. Parents have been warned for years against letting their children into their beds, but research shows there are no harmful effects — as long as you wait until your baby is a year old. Besides the dangers of accidental injury and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) it’s been suggested in the past that co-sleeping stunts kids’ social skills. But researchers at New York’s Stony Brook University have blown the lid off that theory. They examined nearly a thousand moms with kids aged between one and three and found almost a half admitted to sharing their bed with their child. When the kids were studied at the age of five, there was no difference between the children that had slept alongside their mothers than those that had slept apart. Stony Brook University professor Dr. Lauren Hale concludes, “Parents can do what works best for their family and not feel guilty if they choose to bed-share, because there probably aren’t lasting impacts.” Click to see the article: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/co-sleeping-with-your-kids-isn-t-bad-for-them-new-study-reveals-2513408/ViewJuly.20th.2011
