Roots of Empathy was founded in 1996 by Canadian educator, Mary Gordon. It is an organization that bring mothers and their babies into contact with school aged children as a way of teaching children empathy, understanding and compassion for others and themselves. It works on the understanding that raising emotionally healthy children results in emotionally stable adults, thereby making the world a better place for everyone. Read more about why I'm so excited about this program! :)
Read MoreApparently pre-packaged toddler meals, sold by Gerber, Heinz and various other companies, aren't actually that great for kids. Color me not surprised.
What I find most surprising about the sudden media coverage of the nutritional content in these meals is that everyone is suddenly appalled.
Seriously? Have people never read the labels? Have they never tasted jarred baby food? Has it never entered the realm of possibility for these folks that feeding their children actual fresh, healthy food isn't that hard? Or that it's actually a lot cheaper than the commercial alternatives? [...]
Read MoreI'm still wigging out that someone in the medical profession decided it's acceptable to stick stuff in an unconscious woman's cooter without informed consent. In my opinion, that's legal rape.
Read MoreAs all of you know, Christmas is only a little over a month away. Thoughts this time of year turn to gifting friends and loved ones with special presents to show we care, and many of us make extra donations to the Food Bank or other charities in order to give back to our community. This year our community needs an extra showing of generosity. Due to two recent fires in a downtown women-only rooming house and a women's shelter, resources for women in crisis in Ottawa are stretched far too thin...
Read MoreI incorporated some machine-dodging and crater-hopping into today's Fit-in 15 entry and took #2 on some neighbourhood errands. While walking on Armstrong behind the GT Express, #2 spied some litter in the road and made the following comment..
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