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Archive for January, 2008
Life Under my Rock - “Ad? What Ad?”
For those of you who have not been keeping up with the blogs Shaping Youth or Corporate Babysitter (aka. Parents for Ethical Marketing), there has been a HUGE debate raging over a certain Target print ad. The debate even made it into a New York Times article! Since I have been away on another [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2008 under Everything Else!, TV, TV-free kids, marketing and kids.
Comments: 6
The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly (Reg Down)
My 7 year-old daughter is a picky reader. She is reluctant to read any book that looks like it might be scary, suspenseful, or have any kind of a plot twist at all. I am assuming that this high level of sensitivity is just a phase. But in the meantime, it can [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under Book Recommendations, chapter book, children's books, fairies, older children, young children.
Comments: 1
Egg Cartons (Weekly Unplugged Project)
After guests, blog moving, and sick kids (croup and colds), I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for this one. I know…excuses, excuses, excuses.
I came up with the idea this week, but the kids added to it and modified it. My idea was Tiddlywinks. Do you remember Tiddlywinks? Does [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Activity Ideas, Unplugged Project, arts and crafts.
Comments: 16
Welcome!
Welcome to Unplug Your Kids at its new home. I hope you like it and, most of all, I hope it loads faster!
There are a few differences from the old blog. I have combined the toy and book recommendations in with the main blog. I plan on trying to recommend one toy [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2008 under miscellaneous.
Comments: 9