Cheese balls. I dread them. If there is a cheese ball at a party, that is where I will find my children. It’s not that I hate cheese balls. I don’t. I love them, but it’s a solid wad of cheese, and that is just not the way to keep me healthy and happy. So,…Read the full article.

You as a parent guide your family in making their holidays more meaningful. It’s an awesome power that sets a tone for your children’s future memories. You aren’t only bringing back memories of your own holidays past, but you are helping your children build up their own store of holiday memories that they will someday…Read the full article.

There is so much to enjoy about the holidays. Young children are excited about lights and presents. We often see friends and family we haven’t seen for a while. It’s a time of reconnecting with traditions. Have you ever had the holidays go by only to realize that you were so wound up you didn’t…Read the full article.

There is so much for a parent to juggle during the holidays. I have a new way that I have been keeping things simple: focusing on One Thing. That doesn’t sound so new or original, does it? It isn’t, but it’s very hard for me to do, and keeping that focus is helping me feel…Read the full article.

BPA, or bisphenol A, has been in the news again since October, when the Canadian Ministers of Environment and Health added the chemical to the schedule of toxic substances. The concerns about this endocrine-disrupting substance are broad, but great efforts should be made to limit exposure in babies to avoid developmental and reproductive disorders linked…Read the full article.

Are you feeling the holiday decorating mood coming on? Encourage your children’s (and your own) holiday decorating creativity with wax window and glass crayons. Catch that snowy view out of Nature Mom’s window. Lovely!

Halloween is such a beautiful holiday at the end of the harvest. How does it become yet another excuse to wrap our houses and kids in plastic and fill them full of sugar? That is not the way my family celebrates. We embrace the beauty of the season as well as the fun of dressing…Read the full article.

My inbox is full of messages urging me to buy something for my mother. NO! If I am to take seriously an opportunity to celebrate my mother, it certainly won’t be through consumption. Mothers deserve genuine recognition for what they do and what they have done. It may just be that it’s tough to understand…Read the full article.

Today, I want to talk to a select group of Eco Baby Steps readers. I want to talk to new mothers, those who are about to experience your first mother’s day. When I became a mother, I knew I was different. I knew I had changed. The first time I said “my son” ten years…Read the full article.

Every day should be a day when we commit to sustainable living. For a lot of us, we have committed to conscious living and we look at the choices we make to lower our environmental impact from big issues like how we transport ourselves to smaller issues like which bunch of broccoli to buy. Why…Read the full article.