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It’s Really Not for the Love of Diapers
May 16, 2011 – 12:52 pm | No Comment

Today I came across this video via the Birth to Five Policy Alliance featuring an interview with Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., the director for the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University:

As Dr. Shonkoff mentions in …

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Guest Blogging Over at California NOW
April 22, 2011 – 10:28 am | No Comment
Guest Blogging Over at California NOW

Shout out to our friends at California NOW who invited me to guest blog this week!
Check out the post here.
And forget the flowers. The mamas will thank you!

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Sent To Folsom Prison
April 6, 2011 – 12:22 pm | No Comment
Sent To Folsom Prison

The following testimonial is from a “Cara,” a now single mom. Unfortunately this wasn’t the first story we’ve heard about someone serving time as a result of stealing diapers.
From Cara:
The diapers that I receive …

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I never thought that one day I’d be homeless
March 28, 2011 – 10:56 am | 3 Comments
I never thought that one day I’d be homeless

Ever wonder what it is like to be a homeless mom? Our guest blogger today is Carey Fuller (@Indyinnz). She’s a west coast mom, who like most of us, wants the best for her kids. …

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International Women’s Day: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (But We Have a Long Way to Go)
March 8, 2011 – 9:00 am | No Comment
International Women’s Day: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (But We Have a Long Way to Go)

A question of ACCESS. When you increase a family’s access to education, healthcare and basic needs (read diapers, food), you are empowering caregivers, an overwhelmingly majority of whom are women.

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This Broke My Heart
January 6, 2011 – 9:00 am | 8 Comments

From Illinois:
“I am an early childhood teacher for children with special needs. I have a student in desperate need of large size diapers or pull-ups. We have asked the family for over a year to send in …

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