by Barbara Platts | May 12, 2023 | Parenting
Cannabis can be a complicated subject to broach with your young ones. Luckily, there are children’s books on cannabis available that help educate kids about the plant in an approachable way. Check out these SWEET JANE recommendations to help get you started. Kids of...
by Barbara Platts | May 12, 2023 | Parenting
Navigating the ever-changing world of cannabis isn’t easy for a consumer on their own, let alone one who is raising kids. Luckily, there are several books on cannabis out there to help. These SWEET JANE recommendations provide up-to-date information on everything from...
by Leah Maurer | Apr 20, 2023 | How To, Parenting
Resources to help shape age-appropriate conversations around cannabis In 2017, an estimated 1.2 million youths aged 12 to 17 tried cannabis for the first time, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). And about half of...
by Barbara Platts | Mar 23, 2023 | Legalization, Parenting
New Colorado law aims to curb illegal use of products among young people. In July of 2021, Colorado passed a law around high-potency THC products, which are also referred to as cannabis concentrates. The law – which fully went into effect in January 2022 – requires...
by Barbara Platts | Feb 16, 2023 | Editorial, Parenting
As Rihanna lowered into the State Farm Stadium on a translucent platform for the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show on Sunday, Feb. 12, she sported a bright red bodysuit underneath a boiler suit of the same color, both designed by designer Jonathan Anderson of Loewe. The...
by Liz Weslander | Aug 23, 2022 | Parenting
We explore the legal gray area around minors and CBD. Success stories of people using CBD to find relief from a variety of ailments are everywhere—including parents who have successfully used CBD to treat conditions in their children. While this is positive news, Kait...
by Leah Maurer | Jul 28, 2022 | Parenting
How Parenting with Cannabis Helps Me as a Mother Parenting offers us some of the best and most difficult moments in our lives. I think we can all agree on that. Once you become a parent, you become so many more things than you were before. I am a mom of three boys,...
by Katy Ibsen | Jun 13, 2022 | Parenting
SWEET JANE had the pleasure to present the 2022 Cannamom Tokeativity Social. Tokeativity is a global community of active cannabis consumers and business owners that believe in cannabis normalization, equity, and empowerment of a modern consumption culture. They...
by Sweet Jane | Feb 25, 2022 | Parenting
When moms talk cannabis. SWEET JANE founder, Katy Ibsen, joined Shonitria Anthony of the Blunt Blowin’ Mama podcast, Tanya Osborne of WomenGrow and Dr. Lanail R. Plummer of Onyx Therapy Group for an educational conversation on motherhood and cannabis via...
by Patricia A. Patton | Mar 30, 2021 | Parenting
Baby boomers are coming clean with their adult children about cannabis Seniors and baby boomers whose opinions about cannabis continue to evolve must now learn to have different conversations with their adult children. As a baby boomer, I profess to value open and...
by Leah Maurer | Mar 2, 2021 | Innovation, Parenting
Witnessing children with life-threatening diagnoses survive as a result of cannabis therapy has created an empathetic wave and propelled cannabis legalization. We’ve watched as the hearts of politicians have been tugged to give a few more families hope that their...
by Barbara Platts | Feb 23, 2021 | Innovation, Parenting
This personal essay was originally published on Lunch Ticket, a literary and art journal dedicated to issues of social, economic, and environmental justice. Click here to see the original post. I’ve never been particularly good at change. When I was nine years...
