Parenting Pink

Rock-a-Thigh Baby: Socks that Rock for Your Tot!

Reviewed by: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. In case you haven’t noticed, 80’s fashion is making a BIG comeback. Leggings, day-glow outfits, skinny jeans, and over-sized belted shirts are all the rage among girls everywhere. And thankfully, the legging-sock craze has outdone their 80’s counterparts with a cute, practical, fashionable, and completely updated look for toddler girls: thigh-high [...]

Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne

Reviewed by author, Pam Allyn. Recently, March was declared National Women’s History Month in the United States. In this spirit, Seven Brave Women celebrates the accomplishments of seven women in different generations of the author’s family. Though so much of history is discussed through the lens of war, Hearne shows how seven brave women in [...]

Best Breast Pumps for Busy Moms

By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. Nursing a newborn takes time, energy, and lots of sleepless nights. And though we simply adore our little bundles of joy, for many moms, there comes a time when it’s time to go back to work. Whether it’s by choice or out of necessity, going back to work is often a difficult [...]

Is Your Daughter A “Carb-etarian”?

By: Joanna Dolgoff, MD. It is commonly believed that a vegetarian diet is a healthy diet. And that is usually true, but not always. Consider the mother who recently told me that her child had decided to become a vegetarian. As she described his diet, I realized that he did not eat a single fruit or [...]

Solving Sibling Strife

By: Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE. Some parents “let kids work it out” by doing nothing, but if the children use insults, humiliation, or physically duke it out, then it will only make matters worse! Some parents will dive into the action and solve problems for their children. While this may bring peace and order quickly, it [...]

Healthy Girls for Life: Breakfast – Setting Your Daughter Up for Success

By: Linda Miner RNC, CHN, CMTA. Imagine building a house without a foundation. It may stay standing for awhile, but eventually it will start to shift and crack and eventually collapse. Starting the day with a healthy breakfast should be considered as important to your body as a solid foundation is to a house. [...]

The Quest For A Thin Baby Girl: How Far Some Parents Will Go?

By: Joanna Dolgoff, MD. First there was the airbrushing of babies in magazines and now parents are starving newborns so they don’t become “fat babies”. What is this country coming to? We all know that being overweight is unhealthy and can put a person at risk for medical illness. Being too thin, however, is also not healthy [...]

Chocolate Lovers Soap Gift Box – Good for the body, Good for the soul.

Reviewed by: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. If you’re a chocoholic, then chances are you’ve just found the perfect way to indulge your senses with Basa Body’s Chocolate Lovers Soap Gift Box. The Chocolate Lovers Soap Box Pack includes three delightfully yummy flavors: Mint-Chocolate Truffle Soap, Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Soap, and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Soap. Basa Body’s all [...]

5 Steps to a Calmer Evening with the Kids

By: Erin Kurt, B.Ed. Whether you work outside the house or stay at home full-time, the toughest part of the day is the same: those frantic early evening hours when there are mouths to feed, homework to do, and cranky kids to handle. The trick is to streamline your to-do’s so you can feel calmer and [...]

Not Guilty! Learning to Let Go of Guilt and Blame.

By: Linda Brodsky, MD. Women, especially we mothers, can be our own harshest critics. And when we don’t live up to our own very high expectations, we experience one of the most destructive feelings—guilt. We take the blame. We carry the responsibility. And we always find fault. With ourselves and with [...]