To join MomsRising.org and blog in support of LGBT families, click here . The other day, something happened on my Facebook page that gave me hope for our children and our country’s future. My mom, a socially conservative evangelical Christian, hit the “like” button after I swapped my profile photo...

Hello everyone! My name is Lisa Radden. I am excited to be joining the MomsRising community in an effort to help inform and support Moms around the world in the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on child development and education. I would like to kick off my first post about...

“I pinky promise!” my son told me when I asked if he was going to eat all his vegetables. To break that promise would have violated his tween ethical code. It was a solemn oath, one of the greatest any child could give. In 2007, major food and beverage companies made their own pinky promise to...

Child care used to be a family matter, taken up household by household, depending on a variety of circumstances. But times have changed and child care now moves appropriately to the public policy realm. The experts at the Center for American Progress look at three available child care options – a...