Gotta love those Chinese-made toys! Mattel has become the next company to recall millions of toys because of lead paint concerns. Fisher-Price did it 2 weeks ago and now Mattel. Gotta love free trade with countries that promote slave wages and work conditions! Thankfully we get our toys for so cheap from these countries, because [...]
In light of all the toy recalls on products made in China, you may be looking for alternative toys to buy for your children. Lisa makes and sells hand finished toys from scrap fabrics that are stuffed with non-allergenic fiber-fill. Talk about recycling! She has a bunch of different dolls available including this “Scarf Monkey” [...]
Every summer brings new reports about people “forgetting” their young children in the car, leaving them out in the hot sun with disastrous results while they go to work. The people over at Baby Alert have come up with the “Child Minder” which alerts you that your child is still inside if you go further [...]
For you parents out there, from CNN: “Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.” Are we sure that Free Trade and getting things for so cheap from China is a good idea? As more [...]
Image from stock.xchng Once again, it is a diversion from the “green” aspect of this site, but being a Good Human is more than just being environmentally conscious. This week I want to discuss something that my family did a lot as a kid; we had game night (sometimes week!). Back then, for you “youngsters”, [...]
A friend’s website, Raising 4 Boys has put together a big list of sales tax holidays by state that you should check before starting any back to school shopping. Save some money on those expensive items by shopping on a “no sales tax” day in your state!
If you are a teacher you can get a free Dr. Arbor Talks Trees poster for your classroom. The website is a pretty cool site for teaching kids all about trees, so if you have a lesson plan coming up about trees or are just looking for a nice poster to hang in your classroom, [...]
