Got a minute? Take your coat off and stay a while! We are glad you are here. CoolMomsCare is here to inspire, encourage and guide you on this journey to Saving the World, One Kid at a Time.

So here it is - coolmomscare.org: the online community for parents and their kids who want to make a difference. We’ll help you encourage your kids to change the world around them by helping the environment, other people, and themselves.

I have wanted to change the world as long as I can remember. I told my parents as soon as I was old enough to talk that I wanted to be president of the United States. This is perhaps a common dream for many children, and I truly believed that I would be. I felt like I was destined for something huge.

Well, I am not president, and to some I may not be very remarkable, but I am a mom. I am remarkable for one little person in this world and I have such an amazing opportunity in being her mom, which is one of the greatest, most fulfilling, yet tasking jobs in the world. And as for changing the world, well, let's just say I am making progress each and every day.

Sam and Stephen, founders of CoolPeopleCare, always say that no dream is too big. I may not be able single-handedly cease all hunger in Haiti or decrease the number of children per day that die from the lack of clean water and sanitation services around the world (about 4,500 children per day), but I can do something small every day to help our world. As we're now used to hearing, "There’s no such thing as not enough time."

The place that I've found this to be true is in my own home. This is where my passion lies and where I have the most influence. If I change my own behaviors, my own views and my own habits, the world is changing. If I take these principles to my family, the world is changing. If I share what I find with others and in turn have others share with me, the world is changed, and before long we have what is known as a New Day Revolution.

Our children love us from the moment we meet. We very soon realize that they are like little sponges, anxiously waiting to receive love and knowledge. From birth, they are intrigued by everything - especially life. We are the guide for these sweet creatures. We are the ones that teach them everything, from words to principles to how to ride a bike.

In my opinion, kids come into the world with so much knowledge, wonder and creativity - it is our responsibility to direct that towards positive attributes as we give them a little more independence each day of their life until one day (I shutter to say this), they leave home and are adults. The more they learn, the more they become individuals - and I know my little individual is pretty amazing!

I want my little girl to know so many things: the value of helping others, gratitude, strength in who she is, self-awareness, self-love, to take care of herself, to have a giving heart and not expect things from others, to reach out to help others in need, contentment, joy, creativity, peace, trust in others, how to have fun, faith, how to get dirty, responsibility, consequences, compassion, love for every living thing, generosity, patience, an appreciation for the environment and its resources, ways to save, appreciation, how to listen, conservation, healthy eating habits, goodness, that she is enough just the way she is, that no one is better or worse than anyone else. She knows some of these things already. As for the other things? Well, that is where I hope to have opportunities one day at a time to teach her as she grows up.

Please share your experiences, thoughts, stories, feelings, failures, strength, fears, and hopes with us! We are here to help encourage you on this journey towards changing the world.

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