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LEGOs are great. You can build, create, change, rebuild and recreate endlessly. LEGOs have been around for a long time. In fact, a master carpenter in Denmark started the company in 1932 with wooden toys. Over the years, the company developed the system of interlocking bricks now used worldwide. Check out the company timeline. [...] “My daughter’s friend is obsessed with Hannah Montana. What can I do?” asked a mom. She was looking for advice on ways to manage her six-year-old daughter’s friendship in a way that supported her own values. The “Tween Scene” is hitting kids younger and younger, and it is no joke. First off all, there isn’t [...] A friend of mine returned from the grocery store the other day and was shocked to see the bag of apples she had picked up were actually, Disney apples. Arrrgh! This frustrated my friend, who is not a big fan of Disney and is conscious of media influences on her kids’ lives. “I can’t even [...] President Obama, back when he was Senator Obama, ran a campaign ad that encouraged parents to turn off their televisions. I remember thinking, “Well, that may be a good start, but negative media images are literally EVERYWHERE these days!” Young children in this country are positively inundated with sexy, violent, and just plain ridiculous ads. [...] |
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