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Our sister site, Greening Families, was 1 of 112 blogs that participated in the Green Books Campaign organized by Eco-Libris.

For this event, books printed in an eco-friendly manner were reviewed by bloggers around the world in an effort to encourage publishers, and consumers, to consider the publication process for books. The books ranged from children’s books to cookbooks to books on green living so there is sure to be something that interests you. The full list of books and participating blogs is available here.

If you love books as much as we do, we also encourage you to check out Eco-Libris. Their site allows people to balance out the trees used to make books with the planting of trees, kind of like carbon offsets for books. If you are a member of a book club, an author, or a publisher, they also have info for you.

You can read our review (and register for our very first giveaway!) at Greening Families’ Green Books Campaign review. We hope to see you there!

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We both have several projects coming due so had mapped out our week on Sunday. As Rich headed to the school, we quickly recalibrated our day. Maddy is a voracious reader so she is currently a fairly easy kid to care for when she isn’t feeling well. Some of our projects could be completed while tending to her. Phew! We created a new plan, then Rich got the girls and I scrambled to adjust my arrangements for the next day.

On the way home, Keena fell asleep. Hard. She’s a light napper so this was very unlike her. You can see what is coming, right? By the time they got home, she was feverish as well. Even though it was the afternoon, we decided to let her sleep and she slept for more than three hours! Keena is younger so she hasn’t yet reached the easy-to-care-for-when-ill stage so we had to create a third plan for the day.

Was creating three separate plans for today a pain? Yes, I would have preferred to stick with the first plan. However, I’m so incredible grateful that we were able to be responsive to the girls’ needs. In conversations with other parents, I know how incredibly disruptive a child’s sick day can be. With no way to plan for them, very few child care options, and plenty of guilt, these days are one of the black holes of parenting. Developing multiple plans was a small price to pay for being able to treat the girls like the priority that they are for us.

Stay well!

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I just came across a medical study that illustrates some of the less-discussed connections beautifully. Researchers at the University of Southern California discovered that children are significantly more likely to develop asthma if they are exposed to air pollution and their parents have high levels of stress. The addition of parental stress had a huge impact on the likelihood that a child would develop asthma. I don’t think anyone would be surprised to learn that exposure to air pollution can trigger breathing problems but many would be surprised to learn that stress felt by a parent could impact the health of their child. It certainly has me considering how important it is to actively manage my own stress levels in a different light.

If you are like me and want to see the study for yourself, an abstract of Parental stress increases the effect of traffic-related air pollution on childhood asthma incidence is available on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences website. A link to the full text, which requires a subscription, is also available there.

Bringing it closer to home, my family has been reminded once again about the impact of these connections. Last week, while racing around trying to accomplish one last task before bedtime (exactly what I tell the girls not to do!), I caught a doorjam with my bare foot and broke a toe. School started last week so I had had BIG plans for September. Many of those had to be put on hold and Rich and I had to redo our schedules. Several of our household systems started sputtering once I was laid up. Rich has done a fabulous job (thanks again for everything, honey!) but with one of the two adults not at 100%, laundry and cleaning tasks began piling up quickly. Once I’m more mobile, we’ve got some digging out to do, which will take away time from other things. Next time I will listen more carefully to my own advice!

What connections do you see among family, finances, income, and sustainability? In what areas do you feel strong? Where would you like to make improvements?

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The site covers a variety of issues, including parenting, budgeting and cost cutting, employment, entrepreneurial activities, and managing all these things while living a healthy and sustainable life. Our goal is to help you make more money, have more freedom, and build the stronger family you desire.

The site was created by the husband and wife team of Stephanie and Richard. Stephanie is a grant writer who founded a nonprofit consulting company that she has run out of their home since 1999. Richard has recently switched from traditional employment to self-employment and is actively engaged in multiple ventures (a direct result of his ADD).

The parents of two young children, Rich and Steph have been wrestling with how best to balance their family life and professional lives. We know others are as well because the topic keeps coming up – at children’s birthday parties, school open houses, doctors’ offices, and the like.

We’ve found helpful information in a variety of locations, including personal finance books, parenting listservs, and management resources, but nothing that put everything together. Since our biggest struggle has been putting all the pieces of our life together, we wanted to share what we have learned and, we hope, learn from you as well. We want to use Family Profits to host the community of like-minded people we wished for when our children were born.

Please join us in making your family profitable, in every sense of the word.

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