Legos for Girls and other Gender-Targeted Toys
Do you remember Barbie dolls? They appeared with designer clothes in toy stores and children’s lives in 1959; handsome Ken showed up in 1961. To me, who had moved on from dolls to a bicycle by that time, it seemed like every one’s little sister had a set...Generation Alpha: Here They Come
We’ve all heard about Millennials, also known as Generation Y, those tech-savvy youngsters born in the 1980s. And marketing analysts are increasingly watching Generation Z, the post-1990 generation that, according to Business Insider, “doesn’t...Babysitting Grandchildren Prevents Dementia?
Have you seen that saccharine-sweet photo of the smiling grandma sandwiched between two small children? It’s been all over Facebook lately, usually titled “Grandparents Who Babysit Less Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s.” That particular photo was...Grandparenting: The Unexpected Joy
My first grandchild will turn four in two weeks, and that upcoming event has caused me to review the time that we have spent growing together, child and grandma. But this weekend I also found myself reviewing something else entirely, the growth in my own daughter...
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