Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Little Leisure Time for Moms
Married women with preschoolers and full-time jobs have less free time than anyone else who is married. They have only 2.70 hours of leisure time a day. The men in their lives have 30% more leisure time than their wives - 3.5 hours.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Fair Trade Flowers
This from Iconoculture
"The flower industry is, like many others, highly commoditized and globalized, and there’s a good chance that your daughter’s prom corsage was grown in the developing world — in Ecuador, say, or Colombia. You might not be surprised to learn that the flower industry has for many years made use of cheap labor, most often mothers with no healthcare. So it was a happy surprise to learn that this spring, in time for Mother’s Day, TransFair USA added flowers to its Fair Trade certification, ensuring that the growers and cutters have healthcare, paid vacation, childcare and protective equipment.
Fair-trade flowers are now widely available at retailers like Sam’s Club, Whole Foods and 1-800-FLOWERS. So even if your bouquets arrive from half a world away, at least you can be sure that the globalized economy begins to meet the new triple bottom line of profits, planet and people."
"The flower industry is, like many others, highly commoditized and globalized, and there’s a good chance that your daughter’s prom corsage was grown in the developing world — in Ecuador, say, or Colombia. You might not be surprised to learn that the flower industry has for many years made use of cheap labor, most often mothers with no healthcare. So it was a happy surprise to learn that this spring, in time for Mother’s Day, TransFair USA added flowers to its Fair Trade certification, ensuring that the growers and cutters have healthcare, paid vacation, childcare and protective equipment.
Fair-trade flowers are now widely available at retailers like Sam’s Club, Whole Foods and 1-800-FLOWERS. So even if your bouquets arrive from half a world away, at least you can be sure that the globalized economy begins to meet the new triple bottom line of profits, planet and people."
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Pregnancy Awareness Month
New. Interesting. Might be worth checking out.
They say that they, "aims to empower pregnant women with information, 'how to' ideas and inspiration to incorporate PAM’s four key initiatives – education, exercise, nutrition & wellness and nurture – into their life routines and to show women how easy it can be to make healthy changes in their lives for themselves and their children."
http://www.pregnancyawarenessmonth.com
Hope it catches on.
They say that they, "aims to empower pregnant women with information, 'how to' ideas and inspiration to incorporate PAM’s four key initiatives – education, exercise, nutrition & wellness and nurture – into their life routines and to show women how easy it can be to make healthy changes in their lives for themselves and their children."
http://www.pregnancyawarenessmonth.com
Hope it catches on.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Twittering about Mom Bloggers
The NBC Today show featured mom bloggers.
Poorly produced, but the moms were great.
Here's the twitter buzz on it throughout the day.
Poorly produced, but the moms were great.
Here's the twitter buzz on it throughout the day.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Number of Mothers Online
Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated and eMarketer's How Many Moms Are Online? was the reminded.
ComScore Media Metrix, estimates there are 30 million moms between the ages of 25 and 54 with one or more children at home. Mothers represent 44% of all adult females who go online.
As a parent it is practically a requirement to have Internet access. Pew and the US Department of Commerce both report that 87% of households consisting of a married couple with children under the age of 18 have Internet access. Among non-family households, it drops down to only 58.5%.
Moms are online and in a big way.
ComScore Media Metrix, estimates there are 30 million moms between the ages of 25 and 54 with one or more children at home. Mothers represent 44% of all adult females who go online.
As a parent it is practically a requirement to have Internet access. Pew and the US Department of Commerce both report that 87% of households consisting of a married couple with children under the age of 18 have Internet access. Among non-family households, it drops down to only 58.5%.
Moms are online and in a big way.
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