Most parents have a general sense that it’s a good idea to feed children organic food, but buying certified organic foods can be expensive. If you have to make choices, make sure you know when and where it is most important to buy organic food for your children’s snacks.
What snacks are you most [...]
If you planted a garden with your child earlier this year, she’s probably been eager to sample the results. Now is the season for fresh garden snacks with children.
Eat It Fresh and Raw
Fresh fruits and vegetables straight from the garden can be such an intense taste experience that they become lifelong memories. I remember very [...]
For the past month, every store I’ve been in that sells any kind of school supplies has a prominent display of supply lists for every grade. I would just think this is another marketing opportunity for the stores themselves, but my friends tell me that they have surprisingly long school supply lists from their [...]
Whether your child has been to school before or not, easing back into a scheduled routine after a summer of fun can be a shocking transition. My goal is to keep mornings smooth so my children head into their day calm and ready to learn. Most children want and need routines, so I [...]
If your child is going to school for the first time and has food allergies, you may be wondering how you are going to keep your child safe at a distance. You need allergy-free lunch and snack strategies.
Food Allergies Seem to Be on the Rise
In 2007, approximately 3 million children under age 18 years [...]
Now that you have a waste-free lunch box, what will you put in it? Keep your child interested in a healthy lunch with monster sandwiches and smiling, pink-cheeked rice balls.
Happy Faces & Funny Monsters
When we see a smiling face, we smile. We see that with babies all of the time. When your [...]
If you are preparing to pack a reusable lunch box because your child’s school requires waste-free lunch boxes or just because a litterless lunch is the responsible thing to do, you need to know the range of your options. At the Kids’ division of bynature.ca we’ve stocked up reusable school lunch products for you.
Reusable [...]
Global Exchange has asked that those concerned about children to help expose child labor and slavery in the cocoa industry. Honesty about the real impacts of our lifestyles leads us to some ugly truths, including the story behind non-fair-trade chocolate.
Newly released documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate reveals shocking and disturbing new evidence that child [...]
Free Swimmis swim diaper
As the holiday weekend is upon us, a lot of parents are looking for the best swim diapers. Be sure to check our Facebook page for a free Swimmis swim diaper. We only have 3 to give away, and details will be up on Friday.
Can Swimmi swim diapers be used in [...]
Is the logical conclusion to outlaw plastic? Probably not. My quick answer is that a ban would be fine with me, but I understand that we have built areas of our material culture around plastic. We would need a transition period to (and back to) other materials.
It may be that we [...]