giving back • my world • moms making a difference • moms making a difference
When I think of motherhood, one of the first things that pops into my head was the awesome experience of childbirth. The birth of my oldest son (now 10) was amazing, but not without struggles. I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and sent to the hospital for tests. The…
How to Teach Children About Poverty and Hungermy world • raising giving children • parenting • ages and stages
How do you teach your young child about poverty and hunger when he has a full plate of yummy food in front of him, is well-dressed, and comfortable? You don't. You can't. Yet, I yearn for my child to be aware of these things so that the seeds of compassion…
Poverty: Mothers Save the Children With Frigidaire’s “Making Time For Change” Campaignmy world • giving organizations
If you are anything like me, and I'm sure you are just by virtue of the fact that you're visiting MomItForward, you're passionate about children: raising them, helping them, improving the lives of your own and others through proactive engagement in service and social consciousness. Recently, I had the chance…
Social Activism: @ShayneMoore Is the Global Soccer Mommy world • moms making a difference
What does the phrase "global soccer mom" say to you? To many of you, it probably conjures up the image of a dedicated mom tirelessly supporting her child's involvement on a soccer team, chauffeuring kids, cheering from the sidelines, bandaging scraped knees, and wiping tears. Adding "global" to that image…
In Support of Women: Mom It Forward and ONE.orgmy world • giving organizations
Mom It Forward is about empowering women, right? We do this by providing ideas and resources that help us enjoy our lives as women better, perform in our roles as mothers better, and seek to better our families, neighborhoods and communities, thus "changing the world, one mom at a time."…
