Family Health Articles - Social Responsibility
Mentoring Young Mindsby Lambeth Hochwald
Liz Abzug wants to help young women become leaders. And not just any leaders, but ones with “dynamic courage”—a trait Abzug’s mother, Bella, the former U.S. congresswoman and feminist leader, exhibited to the nth degree.
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Children for ChildrenWhat can your kids do to pitch in and help out? Plenty.
By Karen Quarles
Anya Milberg is three. She’s wearing a pink hooded sweatshirt and a pink bike helmet. She’s also wearing a big fuzzy beige mitt on one hand. And the mitt is oozing with black paint.
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It All Adds UpHow eight 14-year-old girls set out to change the world with their charity, One is Greater than None.
By Stacey Bridgeman
Every day in Ghana, children are unknowingly sold into servitude by their parents. After discovering this, eight teenage girls set out to change this heartbreaking practice, one child at a time. And now they want you to “Be Part of the Equation.”
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We All Scream for a Green Halloween
Two years ago, Corey Colwell-Lipson, a Seattle-based mom of two daughters, ages seven and four, launched Green Halloween locally in her area. Her mission was simple: to make all holidays, starting with Halloween, better for kids and the planet, without sacrificing any fun. By partnering with sponsors such as Whole Foods Market, Colwell-Lipson offered healthy and earth-friendly alternatives to traditional treats and raised money for Treeswing, a nonprofit working to reverse childhood obesity. She also launched a website with a neighborhood map and provided a bounty of ideas for greening the holiday. The response, she says, was overwhelmingly positive, and this year the initiative is expanding nationwide.
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Raising Kids Who CareEven little kids can have a big impact on today’s most critical issues. Learn how to help your children explore the causes they that are important to them—and how to nurture a sense of empowerment that lasts a lifetime.
By Elizabeth Barker
Cultivating your children’s social consciousness can spark a lifelong devotion to bettering the planet. It’s also one of the most powerful ways to build them a brighter future. We asked the experts to weigh in on what you can do to make social action a family affair, whether your children want to clean up nearby parks or stop injustice around the world.
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