Posts Tagged ‘Kids’

The cool kids in town
For all the cool mothers and fathers out there looking for just as cool baby clothing brands, this one is for you. Especially if you want to shy away from the mass-produced, department store ones, which most modern mama and papa fashionistas are wont to do.

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US: $1.9M in computers for kids missing in Iraq
BAGHDAD – The U.S. military is demanding to know what happened to $1.9 million worth of computers purchased by American taxpayers and intended for Iraqi schoolchildren that have instead been auctioned off by Iraqi officials for less than $50,000, the military said Friday.

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Gift shop pitches in to equip kids for school
BERKLEY — As the laid back summer days come to an end, many families worry about finding the funds to purchase school supplies.

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Target, Salvation Army help kids get off to school
Target and The Salvation Army have teamed up to give a dozen Wichita Falls students a back-to-school shopping spree today.

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Crocs Introduces New Collection Of Kids School Shoes
July 29, 2010 : Crocs, the footwear manufacturer company has launched a new collection of colorful, classroom-ready as well as playground-friendly kids’ school shoes.

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What electronics do you allow your children to have in their bedrooms? I am debating on weather or not to allow my 11 year old and 9 year old to have computers with internet access in their rooms or not. I would put blocks on them, and keep an eye on them as much as possible without always being in their rooms, but I still don’t know. Opinons would be awesome, thanks :]

Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children’s advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids. Featuring: Dan Acuff | Enola Aird | Michael Brody | Nancy Carlsson-Paige | Josh Golin | Allen Kanner | Velma LaPoint | Diane Levin | Susan Linn | Robert Reiher | Michael Rich | Gary Ruskin | Nick Russell | Juliet Schor | Betsy Taylor | David Walsh

Man Who Approached Kids Just Wanted Shoes: Cops
An odd incident at a Norwalk school bus stop might be nothing more than an overeager businessman looking for shoes rather than the suspicious incident it might have appeared to be.

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Kids and Computers: Do Extreme Tykes Still Exist?
Is it necessarily a good thing that kids today are growing up in a world where computers are as common as cars?

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