Is It Too Late to Apologize?
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. Hi Rachel, I started college last year and met my friend who quickly became a best friend. The problem is that later on in the year a third friend popped up to make a threesome and I didn’t handle the situation as gracefully as I could have. [...]
5 year old boy dares to dress as a girl, neighborhood moms freak.
April 18, 2012 by MamaV
Filed under Featured, Finding Your Voice, Guys, LGBT, Role Models, Self Esteem, Talking To Kids
WATRD blast from past, originally posted 11/2010 I found this story about a “Boo” a 5 year old boy who decided to dress up as Daphne from Scooby Doo quite interesting and I think you will too. His mother has an awesome post on the “aftermath” of Halloween, but here are the highlights. The kid [...]
No Belts For No Bullying.
March 15, 2012 by Michelle Gay
Filed under Bullying, Featured, Healthy Communication, Martial Arts, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality, Talking To Kids
Today, on our first belt ceremony day, no new belts were given out at the dojo. Instead an impromptu protest was staged and we have declared our dojo to be a “bully free zone”. And we mean it. After a rash of dressing room events over the last few months– from the mysterious disappearance of [...]
This Year, Resolve NOT to Diet!
February 7, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Body Image, Dieting, Food Revolution
This guest post provided by Dr. Dana from www.drudallweiner.com Deprivation is not my friend. Although I have tried to make use of it in past diets—depriving myself of particular foods I deem off-limits or forbidden—it always comes back to haunt me. Most people who have tried to restrict their calories or change their diet will say [...]
My Very Own Dakota Fanning
October 29, 2010 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Loving Your Body, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self-Acceptance, Talking To Kids
This guest post provided by Dr. Dana from www.drudallweiner.com A few months ago my daughter and I were in Trader Joe’s, looking unkempt and bedraggled after some serious park time on a blustery, spring day. Along with everyone else, we elbowed our way through the bottle neck at fruits and vegetables, continued bumper to bumper [...]
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: French fries are veggies?’[[[w
April 7, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Food Revolution
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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution –Real or Hype?
March 29, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Food Revolution
You must watch this program. For yourself and for your kids. Jaime Oliver’s Food Revolution premiered on Friday, a show my family had been looking forward to for weeks. Usually, the promotions for these types of programs give away all the best stuff, but not in this case, not in the least. Goal: Overhaul the [...]
Parents Teasing Their Daughters about Weight
March 13, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Moms & Sisters, Talking To Kids
I am reading this great book by Valerie Frankel called “Thin is the New Happy” and in it she gives a very interesting statistic about parents and daughters. (The book is about the author’s life; how growing up she was tormented by her mom about her weight, i.e., put on Weight Watchers at the age [...]
Letter to my daughter: Mom has an eating disorder
February 28, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Binge Eating, Food Revolution
Courageous & Brave. These are the two words I use to describe the post you are about to read. Love2EatInPA, a recovered binger who shared her story anonymously here on her blog at Confessions of a Complusive Eater. She and I discussed this topic quite a bit behind the scenes in the past few weeks, [...]
Play, Then Eat
January 31, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Fitness, Food Revolution
While away last week, I saw this article (“Play, Then Eat: Shift May Bring Gains at School”) in the New York Times and e-mailed it to myself to write a blog post about it, in the event that none of our other bloggers covered it first. We know that all around the country, due to [...]











