Monday News 2/27/12
The past few weeks I’ve heard a lot of parenting stories that have resonated with me. From the insane to heart-wrenching, sometimes it’s hard to believe some of the things you read on the news . Below are some of the most recently talked about parenting stories that have evoked strong opinions in the Blogosphere: [...]
Holiday News Round Up – Part 2
Between November and the end of the year, most families find at least one opportunity to come together and celebrate a holiday. In our house, we’ve really taken advantage of living so close to so many family members and we try and get together with them as often as we can for just about any [...]
Holiday News Round Up
It’s that time of year when we gather with friends and family, eat too much and make great memories. I married into a large, close-knit family and the holidays mean not only do we see many of the relatives we don’t get to see during the year, but in addition to Thanksgiving, we also celebrate [...]
Are Your Baby’s Products Free From the Bad Stuff?
As a parent, today’s news was a little disturbing. But the Associated Press story earlier today about chemicals in baby care products just reaffirms why I created Episencial skincare. The reason we, Episencial, are here is because we firmly believe the products we use on our children and ourselves should be “Free From the Bad [...]
Episencial News Round Up: Halloween
October 31st is a free pass in my house to pig out on junk. It’s the one day of the year I let the kids eat the stuff I normally wouldn’t dream of allowing. I am “that” mom who not only limits the amount of sugar I give them but try to turn even sweet [...]
Episencial News Round Up
I’m Robin Saks Frankel and I’m an Episencial mom. I have two toddler boys-2 and 3.5 and they are always in motion. Both my kids are notorious early risers, which by default means I am too. And when one of them gets sick, it’s a dreaded house of cards where we each fall prey to [...]