Show synopsis (air date: July 1, 2005): This week’s Cool Mom Inventions segment featured Isabel Kallman and Vicky Germaise, co-founders of Alpha Mom TV the first 24/7 parenting channel available on-demand. Other Guests: Dr. Cathleen London informed us about ways good nutrition can be fun…
By Darla Atlas There are no movies of the week on the Alpha Mom channel. The network, which launched on Comcast’s digital On Demand service in May, has little in common with the female-friendly fare on Lifetime or WE: Women’s Entertainment. While those channels are…
By R. Thomas Umstead In this story: ‘SPOTTY’ UNTIL NOW VORTEX FROM CORUS Comcast Corp. is reaching out to parents and kids through two new on-demand services. Parents can tap into three hours a month of informational programming on raising children through a new free…
By LESLIE BRODY, STAFF WRITER Parents are constantly being told to drag the kids away from the television, but a new cable channel devoted to child-rearing aims to lure mothers to the tube. Alpha Mom TV hopes to attract mothers who can’t get their fill…
By: Michael Storey Also something different is the new video on demand available to Comcast digital customers. In addition to regular programs from broadcast and premium networks, VOD features some special “direct to VOD” programming. Alpha Mom is such an example. The programs are found…
By: Shirley Brady It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention. In Isabel Kallman’s case, it was necessary to be a mother before being an inventor. The birth of her first child led to the creation of a different kind, the Alpha Mom TV…
THIS 24/7 TELEVISION CHANNEL is specifically designed to give the most-up-to-date parenting intelligence. Alpha Mom TV is the first-ever all-day., all-night parenting channel exclusively for, and by, moms. Alpha Mom TV will distinguish itself with programming that presents the latest, best-in-breed information on substantive child…
By Katie Byers For The Times 24-hour on-demand cable channel offers trends, tips for many stages There are thousands of books for new moms. Not to mention magazines and Web sites. Why not a cable channel? This question, among others, hit new mom Isabel Kallman…
By Shannon Mullen, Staff Writer It is hard to watch, especially if you have ever experienced something similar yourself. The blond-haired preschooler, enraged that she was denied a seat beside her friend, flails her arms and fists and wails like a fire engine in a…
By Mike Duffy Free Press TV Writer All power to the people — the television-viewing people. Comcast has about 1 million subscribers in the Detroit area. It is also No. 1 nationally, with 21.5 million U.S. subscribers. Its 3-year-old On Demand catalog has more than…
By Alpha Mom Editorial Staff and reviewed by Vanessa J. Anton, EMT American Heart Association (AHA) announces changes to its guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Infants and Children Alpha Mom wants to keep you up to the minute on important health issues for you…
By Heather B. Armstrong of dooce.com When the Buddha Board arrived and I removed the red laptop from its sleek packaging my husband had to pick his jaw up off the floor. “You shouldn’t have!” he said, convinced I had bought him a new computer….
By Melissa Summers I hate to pay full price for anything. Where I’m from, Michigan, paying full price for anything is like taking money and tossing it into your garbage disposal. How could you possibly pay full price when there’s a discount available? When I’m…
By Melissa Summers Letting my daughter create her own t-shirt has been a lesson in letting go. When I first opened the package of Peace Monkey’s Do-It-Yourself Tees, I was instantly struck with the kind of crippling anxiety which will only grip an anally-retentive adult…
By Jennifer Mattern My husband is an easy mark. I knew I was in big trouble the day I found him on his knees outside Kid #1’s locked bedroom door. “Time-out is over,” he was yelling. “It’s time to come out of time-out.” Silence. “I…
The power of information—classic Dr. Spock-type advice plus dish on all the newest innovations and hippest trends—is the draw of Alpha Mom TV, a cable channel started by 34-year-old working mother Isabel Kallman. Kallman believes Alpha Mom TV is a salve for new mothers’ busy…
By Matthew Baldwin Raising a child, like any noble endeavor, requires sacrifice. In the name of parenthood you’ll be called up to get up at all hours of the night, tighten your purse strings, forego weekend carousing at your local alehouse, and resist the urge…
By Brenda Ponnay I fell in love with the pacifier drier the minute I saw it. I loved the three round faces cut out of smooth light wood. It was design at its simplest, yet still so cute. To me, the three roly-poly snowman faces…
By Isabel Kallman Parenting is important, work is important and support for children is important. —Marian Wright Edelman. I’ve had that quote pinned to my bulletin board for some time now, for inspiration and strength. Because, as I’m sure you’ve read, there’s a revolution brewing….
By Cara Schrock When a red, infant-sized “Dairy Free” t-shirt from Jeeto!’s Allergy Collection arrived on my doorstep, I thought the Fashion Gods had finally answered my prayers. Style and practicality: A cute t-shirt my allergic son could wear to remind everyone around him that…