Sustainable Parenting With Fleurville Bags
So what does environmentally-friendly parenting look like on the ground? To begin with, many new parents want to support corporations that are not using poisonous materials. Other parents will not buy products that are made in sweatshops or out-sourced to rural areas in third-world countries.
Fleurville diaper is one small eco business that is leading the way in sustainable parenting. In fact, Fleurville was recently certified as “San Francisco Bay Area Green Business” by Marin County, California. Fleurville is also one of the first ever PVC-free companies in the world. Let’s look a little deeper at what separates Fleurville from other diaper bag makers.
Polyvinyl chloride, or PVC for short, is a known pollutant and poison that is used in many commercial diaper bags and products, even ones that advertise organic cotton! The reason PVC is dangerous is because it contains chlorine, which produces byproducts that poison plants, animals and eventually humans as it is passed up the foodchain. Many companies continue to use PVC because it is a cheap plastic, but Fleurville refuses to be part of this practice. Fleurville decided to use an eco-friendly polyurethane laminate instead, known as Green-LAM™.
Next, Fleurville has traded wasteful nylon for a recycled fiber that is made from plastic water bottles. This plastic, called Re-Run™, keeps the bottles from being thrown away in our massive, and rapidly filling, landfills.
Lastly, Fleurville donates 3% of its Re-Run products to the Eco-Mom Alliance, which is a educational non-profit dedicating to empowering parents to become conscious consumers. So by purchasing Fleurville products, we are not only supporting eco-parenting, but also showing the world that there is a demand for more green technologies like this.
Filed under Parenting | Comment (0)Kid’s Art Important To Childhood Development
In the last five years, kids’ art has received a lot of national attention. Contrast this with the opinions of yester-year, when the concept of fine art for kids was a joke. But it’s no laughing matter today. Oopsy Daisy focuses on the trend of children’s art because they know that kids respond well to creative and imaginative art.
Decades of evidence indicates that children who grow up with an access to fine art are more likely to have high cognitive skills related to visual processing, organization, and spacial abilities. But the real reason why Oopsy Daisy Fine Art for Kids is on its mission is because kids love art and they are happy to be around it! Oopsy Daisy employs artists from all over the world to create images that kids will respond to.
Here is an example: it’s a well-know fact that children are fascinated by animals. Many of the prints from Oopsy Daisy have an animal theme, including wild animals half a world away to the animals that you might see in your backyard. Imaginations soar when kids are surrounded by images of animals, whether they are common ones, or ancient dinosaurs.
Vibrant colors are also important to childhood development. When the time comes to decorate the nursery, remember how children’s art can captivate for years, as well as tie the room together.
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25 Meaningful Ideas for Families
This list of tips and advice will help you to preserve piece in your families. More meaningful ideas tips on the way.
1. Go for a family nature walk near your home to collect seasonal items that you can use in your holiday decor. If you live near a forest, the obvious choices are pine boughs and pinecones.
2. Make a few handmade holiday cards this year as a family.
3. Make appreciation cards. Replace the annual Christmas letter in your holiday cards with a brief letter of appreciation for the recipient.
4. Create or purchase new ornaments each year for the tree. Create or shop for an ornament that reflects a defining event or sentiment for the year.
5. Enjoy a Family Night with special holiday crafts or games.
6. Start a Christmas-themed puzzle. A puzzle table, placed in a quiet room is great for holiday visitors. Whenever your guests want to get away from the action, they can retreat to work on the puzzle. This can be a great stress reliever, and it’s wonderful for those guests who always have to be busy doing something.
7. Play special music. What is everyone’s favorite holiday CD? Allow each family member to choose and keep them in the CD changer so everyone’s musical taste is represented.
8. Take a photo of your children standing in a particular spot each year any place that will be consistent from year to year. Make a special holiday ornament or scrapbook album that depicts the growth and change of your family each year.
9. Research the holiday traditions of your nationality. Adopt a few of these traditions into your annual celebration each year to celebrate your heritage.
10. Ask each child to write a Dear Santa letter. Keep a special record of these letters in an album or treasure box.
11. Create an evening tradition of taking a family walk or drive in your neighborhood to view the holiday lights.
12. Cut snowflakes from wrapping paper, festive holiday advertisements, or last year’s holiday cards, and string them together into a festive garland.
13. Adopt a special cause each year and spend some time as a family helping those in need.
14. What are your favorite holiday memories? Pose the question tonight at the dinner table. Use your family’s answers to plan this year’s celebration.
15. For fifteen minutes, write down things in your life that you are grateful for. Ask each of your family members to join you in creating their own lists.
16. Bundle up and head outside. Make snow angels or build a snow fort with your kids.
17. What’s your favorite homemade holiday treat? Write down the recipe, and share it with your friends. Encourage them to do the same.
18. Challenge each member of your family to fill a box or bag full of items to give away. Decide as a family where to make a donation.
19. What was the best book you read this year? With whom would you most like to share its message? Purchase a copy for them and drop it off, anonymously.
20. Take your family to a performance of The Nutcracker. Purchase a CD or DVD of the Nutcracker to bring the memories home.
21. The holidays can take their toll. Make a holiday tradition of recharging your own batteries. Gather your daughter and your best friend and head to the day spa for a much deserved pedicure or massage.
22. Reach out to those whom you haven’t seen all year.
23. Keep a “Joy Journal” this holiday season, in which you record the funny things your kids say, joyful times you share, your favorite things to do with your family (and by yourself), and all the things for which you are grateful. Use your Joy Journal as a reminder of the facets of your life (and this holiday season) that are really important.
24. Give small and simple gifts (homemade cookies or a small book) to a few of the people who make your everyday life easier, such as the trash collector and postal carrier.
25. Share your family traditions with friends and ask them to tell you about the family traditions that make their holidays sweeter.
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