by Stacey
If toxic paint wasn’t enough of a reason to boycott toys made in China, an article in today’s NY Times says that hundreds and maybe thousands of children in China have been sold to work as slave laborers in booming coastal factory cities.
Authorities in southern Guangdong Province, near Hong Kong, said they had already […]

by Stacey
Earlier this month the Food and Drug Administration officially warned parents not to give over-the-counter cold medicines to children under age two. The agency is also considering banning the drugs for children six and under.
That’s great considering the evidence shows the meds don’t work and could actually be harmful for kids. But when your […]

by Stacey
In the wake of this week’s toxic toys recall, parents are now faced with the daunting task of taking away beloved toys from their children. An article in yesterday’s Washington Post talks about just how hard this can be.
Colin Kriebel’s summer has been a really cruddy inverse of Christmas. First, in June, the 3-year-old’s […]

by Stacey
Here we go again folks, and this time it’s a whopper. Fisher-Price Inc, along with its parent company, Mattel Inc. announced on Thursday that it is recalling close to one million toys due to lead paint. Not surprisingly, the toys were made in China. They were sold in the United States between May and […]

by Stacey
With all these recent recalls many of us have been wondering, who can you trust? I’ve asked it here and so have others. But now I’m wondering if we’re asking ourselves the wrong question. Maybe we need to be wondering, “Do I really need to be buying all this crap?”
I started thinking about this […]