Tag: Stephanie MacDonald

  • Attachment Parenting Philosophy Says Sleeping With Your Children Is Normal

    Attachment Parenting Philosophy Says Sleeping With Your Children Is Normal

    Attachment parenting (AP) is a philosophy that basically means: the closer you keep your children to you, you provide a security, a centre. When children grow up, they are very compassionate, loving human beings. Parts of this style include extended breastfeeding, a safe sleep environment (close to parents) and baby-wearing and balance (martyrdom is not…

  • Why We Celebrate Breastfeeding

    Why We Celebrate Breastfeeding

    Put Breastfeeding on the map! As a species, we have survived because of breastfeeding. With the advent of corporations devising infant formulas to help moms who return to work, or to help moms who can’t breastfeed, and to help dads feel bonded to their babies – formula in Western Society has become the expected way…

  • Canada Needs To Adopt WHO Labeling Says MP Justin Trudeau

    Canada Needs To Adopt WHO Labeling Says MP Justin Trudeau

    Article from March , 2013 –  In 1981, the World Health Organization introduced Code of Marketing for Breast-milk Substitutes. To date, 84 countries have enacted legislation making the labeling Code law in their countries. While Canada agreed and signed onto The Code and the amendments, to date it has not created any law, which would…

  • Are More Native Children In Gov’t Care Today Than At Height Of Residential Schools?

    Are More Native Children In Gov’t Care Today Than At Height Of Residential Schools?

    Truth and Reconciliation Report – One Oneida Woman’s Perspective Indian Residential Schools are a large part of Canadian History. I use the present tense. Every Canadian lives with the fallout of these schools which were to, “Kill the Indian in the Child.” Cultural Genocide the TRC [Truth and Reconciliation Commission CP] says in its opening paragraph.…

  • Shakespeare’s Star Wars. A mash-up play in a pub, this is.

    Shakespeare’s Star Wars. A mash-up play in a pub, this is.

    Non-geek translation: Driftwood Theatre’s Play in a Pub, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, by Ian DoescherOctober 28, 2013 at Whistler’s Grille in Toronto. [For the uninitiated be forewarned, there is a high geek factor in this post CP] A long time ago, in 1977, Star Wars started its quick and never-ending ascent to the top of…

  • Suck it? Public Breastfeeding.

    Suck it? Public Breastfeeding.

    Come on, breastfeeding is not obscene. Breastmilk has evolved into an immune-building milk tailor-made for each child to protect infants and children from illnesses in their environment. There are over 400 ingredients in breastmilk whose reasons for being there are not fully known. There is a component in breastmilk which is only there to grow the…