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Clearly, live hand grenades make a poor gift for children. So too do gift certificates to the local strip club. And don’t even think about wrapping up some left over marijuana. Okay, so no one in their right mind would even for a moment consider any of those to be acceptable gifts for children — or adults, even. The Huffington Post, however, has compiled a list of 15 toys that aren’t much better and are clearly aimed directly at kids.
Pets can be a real pain. You have to feed them, clean up after them, play with them — why, they’re almost as bad as kids. At least you don’t have to pay for college for your collie. This year, it seems that the hot gift for the holidays is a hamster. Don’t worry about having to clean out any cages, though — these rodents are robotic.
I had a big uh oh moment this morning around 8:30. My daughter was chattering away about the last day of school when it hit me: it’s the last day of school! And I didn’t buy her teacher a thing!
Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. And I LIKE this teacher. So I called a woman who’s always got my back. She was maid of honor at my wedding. Oh, yeah, and she’s a third grade teacher.
And here, Babble readers, is the word on what to buy, straight from the teacher’s mouth: Continue reading »
Geoff Williams thinks dads get the shaft on Father’s Day. Maybe he needs to come check out my house.
Williams bemoaned his package of boxer shorts and flip light for reading at night in a Parenting essay featured on CNN this week, comparing them rather unfavorably to the cherry tree and match bird bath he’d picked out for his wife for Mother’s Day. Continue reading »
Part of being a parent is attending a LOT of kiddie birthday parties. And when I tell you things have changed, I don’t just mean the size of the affairs.
When did kids stop opening presents during their parties? Continue reading »
If you’re still looking for a graduation gift for what’s been coined the “Oh Sh%t” class of college graduates, look no further than Pat the Money, by Dianne Wachtell. Using the same pastel pink and Tiffany blue color scheme and baby-friendly flip and touch pages as the beloved Pat the Bunny, Wachtell has crafted the cleverest of picture book spoofs; your grads will laugh with terror and recognition. Oh, to go back to toddlerhood story time! Continue reading »
At first blush, Echoage, a service that aims to allow eco-minded parents and kids to tame the excesses of birthday giving by encouraging guests to give cash online, to be split 50-50 between a cause and one big gift, would seem to made for me.
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