Tag: children
Lotus Children’s Center: Class Act
Based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Lotus Children’s Center provides shelter, food, and education for abused, orphaned and abandoned children. In addition to more traditional classroom education and vocational training, the Center operated a vegetarian cafe, Ananda, for four years. In a country where meat and dairy are the staples, Ananda promoted vegetarian cuisines to increase more [...]
POM Wonderful Presents…Food Marketing: TidBit of the Day
If you read food blogs, you probably know that POM Wonderful has been spreading their POM love by giving away their products so folks can write about them. Not the case here. No POM product given. What I’m talking about is Morgan Spurlock’s film “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.” Source: The Movie [...]
Existential Momentum: Ambasha, Eritrean Bread
In this day and age, many people are familiar and relatively comfortable with the concept of interracial dating, interracial marriage, and interracial children. However, fewer people are familiar with intercultural relations. Both my husband and I are brown in complexion; however, he is Eritrean and I am not. The cultural differences and conflict we [...]
Kid Friendly Bento-Style Lunch Containers: TidBit of the Day
An amazing woman/friend, Kate, has recently stumbled upon a major find for both ‘big kids’ and ‘little kids’ alike. If you’re looking to jazz up your child’s lunchtime routine, consider using these Japanese inspired lunch containers! Thank you Kate for the discovery! At my toddler’s last visit to the allergist, I asked for some advice [...]
Photo of the Day: Wood Food
Awesome wooden food toys…fruit you can “cut” and ice cream that you can stack. Adults will have just as much fun as kids.
Guest/5 Ways Edible Gardens Make Kids Smarter and Healthier
Welcome our newest guest contributor, Alice Bumgarner, who is the coordinator and founder of the George Watts Montessori edible garden. George Watts is a elementary Montessori school near downtown Durham. Mom of two, Alice also develops the accompanying curriculum for this garden, which is actually three – a fruit garden and arbor, a courtyard full [...]
TidBit of the Day: A Wake-Up Story
How to raise healthy children in an age of toxicity? Beanie Baby’s Zomppa debut! Join the movement at Healthy Child Healthy World, a great website with lots of information and resources. Watch this Wake-Up Story and sign up! A Wake-Up Story from Healthy Child Healthy World on Vimeo.
TidBit of the Day: Why You Hate Some Foods
Is there a food you hate? A fascinating article on The Globe and Mail about how adult food dislikes can often be linked to childhood trauma to check out. I hate rice porridge. Why? I remember when I was 2 or 3, and my nanny tried shoving it my mouth. I gagged then. I gag [...]
TidBit of the Day: Open Sesame!
I love Sesame Street. It’s how I learned English and Spanish and counting and how neighbors help neighbors. I thought the whole world looked like Sesame Street – people and monsters of all colors and shapes and abilities chatting it up. Source: Sesame Workshop So I was no doubt super stoked when I got an [...]
