I give my kids a regular allowance. It’s important for kids to be able to make mistakes with money when the stakes are low. I had a hard time with the $30 Yu-gi-oh card purchase a few years ago, but nothing like that ever happened again so I guess he learned his lesson. The best [...] Read more »

Happy meals, unhappy workers and kids toys. Nearly 10,000 Vietnamese workers who make toys for McDonald’s Happy Meals returned to work Friday, following a two-day strike at a factory in central Vietnam. The strike was to protest alleged unfair and abusive labor practices, officials said. It has been an interesting experience for me to enter [...] Read more »

This is in response to the blog post I wish I would have known : It’s gut-wrenching and beautiful, but at the same time I find it unnecessary (and to some extent unhealthy) to carry guilt over decisions made in ignorance (which your words seem to be conveying to me). I don’t know for sure [...] Read more »

This is a blog post written by a friend of mine, and I will be posting my personal input tomorrow – but please comment on what you think about it. I Wish I Would Have Known… I wish I would have known before my husband and I were married, that a child is a gift [...] Read more »

My neighbor knows the horrors of cleaning up the blood splattered bedroom of her friend’s son. They’re from Indy – near Butler. The teenage son shot and killed himself. Teenagers are not adults, sometimes they make the most unexpected idiotic decisions. This kid would be alive if it weren’t for an adult’s decision to keep [...] Read more »

My friend just passed on an email they where given which I will try to answer. Question: I remember reading a while ago about reasons why children may tell lies, and how to deal with it. For example, not to ask a question that gives them a chance to lie. don’t ask did you do [...] Read more »