Archive for August, 2007
« Previous EntriesBarbie or Bratz?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007I remember when I was a little girl…I was crazy for Barbie! I had about 20 Barbies, some Ken dolls, Skipper, Gem, and a few other “Barbie” friends. (Ok, if you’re familiar with Barbie…how about Gem and the Rockers? I had every single one including their stage!) I also had the huge dream house, cars, [...]
Football
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Football season is upon us now at all levels, and many kids look up to the pros…so I thought we should talk about football in particular along with the pros and role-model situations.
First off, football is a full contact sport which causes it to be of concern to some parents. Football is definitely not a [...]
Back To School
Monday, August 27th, 2007For many places, children have just gone back to school or are getting ready to go back within the next week or so.
My oldest son, lil’ Mel just started middle school (6th grade) today and even though he thinks he’s all grown now … I still worry about him.
I dropped him off at [...]
The Massive Toy Recall of 2007
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007What are we to think of this massive toy recall? It’s really scary to think that we can’t run to our local Wal-Mart or Toys”4″Us and grab any toy off the shelf with out having to wonder if it’s harmful to our kids.
China obviously doesn’t have the same quality control that the US has. Yet [...]
Organized Sports
Monday, August 20th, 2007Once your children are old enough you should make it a point to involve them in as many organized sports as they enjoy and as many as you have time (and in some cases money) for.
Organized sports can teach our children so much about life in general and we tend to over-look that. Think about [...]
The History of Video Games
Saturday, August 18th, 20071951 – The Nimrod computer is shown at an exhibition in London England. Ralph Baer wants to make a game to play on TV. His idea is thought of as ludicrous.
1958 – “Tennis for Two” game is created on an oscilloscope by American physicist Willy Hinginbotham.
1962 – Spacewar game is completed and is shown at [...]
Should a Child Have Weight Loss Surgery?
Saturday, August 18th, 2007Wow, I was totally blown away the other day when I seen the News!
A 5′5, 220 pound 12 year old girl had liposuction and a tummy tuck. Then when she gained about half the weight back, her parents took her to Mexico to have a lap banding surgery.
The parents didn’t want to wade through all the so called red [...]
Board Games Aren’t So Boring After All.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007We took the kids with us to Walmart last weekend to pick up a few things and as we were browsing the aisles we came across the board games. We ended up buying Uno and Rummikub to add to our collection.
Big Mel (dad) remembers playing Rummikub as a child with his family and thought it [...]
Are Our Kids Being Affected By Advertising?
Sunday, August 12th, 2007If you think young kids aren’t affected by all the advertising they see … You are wrong according to a recent study at Stanford University.
The study included 63 children between the ages of 3 and 5. Their families were all in a “low income bracket”, but researchers believe the results would be the same in [...]
Are Video Games Addicting?
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Being a little bit older, I have seen the progression of video games ….
At first there was the good old fashioned pin ball machine. Kids would line up at burger joints etc just to play them.
The first video game that we could play at home was “Pong”. If I’m correct it came out in 1978 [...]