What Every Parent Ought To Know About Pocket Money
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 [...]
What everybody ought to know about Happy Meal toys
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 [...]
In response to I wish I would have known
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 [...]
I Wish I Would Have Known
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 [...]
What Little Tyke vehicles should you buy?
As you grow up much of your childhood is spent learning about your own culture, essentially all of your younger years are spent becoming adept at the rules and regulations of society. The most powerful and primary median of learning as we all know is play. This is why many toys available on the market [...]
Should children use toy guns?
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 [...]
How to Deal With A Child Who Lies
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 [...]


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