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Kellogg Pulls Peanut Butter Crackers From Shelves

Most afternoons, my three-year-old and I curl up on the couch with a snack, her to take a Noggin break, and me to catch up on email. Yesterday, while we took our break, a particular email came through: "Kellogg's Pulls Peanut Butter Crackers in ...

The Ten Best Stocking Stuffers

Buying presents for some people can be a very difficult task, especially when you buy presents for them year after year. When you add the concept of then having to get stocking stuffers on top of that the whole holiday season can seem daunting ...

Store refuses to let child go to the bathroom

It's a parental nightmare -- a kid who really has to go and no bathroom in sight. A reader of the Consumerist web site wrote about an experience she and her daughter had: "I explained she had diarrhea and couldn't hold it and told them she was about ...

What do you do with gift cards?

For my birthday, I got a gift certificate for Amazon.com. I immediately went to the site and picked out half a dozen or so CD's from my wishlist and ordered them. They included some Dixieland Jazz, an album of Zydeco, some folk music, a bit of ...

World's first Barbie store

In Buenos Aires, young girls can now live the Barbie lifestyle, beginning as young as three years old. At the first ever Barbie store, girls can get their hair done, try on makeup, and dress in fancy gowns, all while their parents are enjoying a cup ...

Shared Shopping

Kristin recently asked if Costco is really a bargain and, I'm sure, the huge warehouse full of bull packages doesn't always work for everyone. For us, however, for the past 20+ years, it has. Since having the kids, we've pretty much gone every week ...

Oops

Ok, so I'm sure it never occurred to the owners of Kids Exchange that this sign makes their business look like an outlet for gender-altering medical procedures -- but someone should tell them. Seriously. ...

What to do with the items that fall in the cart?

If you have a child, there's a good chance this has happened to you. You're in the store and you have a cart or a stroller. Your child is in her seat, minding her own business. Perhaps she grabbed a pack of socks you stuck in your cart or she pulled ...

Why is teenage discrimination still allowed?

I stopped to get gas and windshield washer fluid this morning at a 7-11 I don't normally stop at. It's across the street from a Senior High School in a quiet, suburban part of town. As I opened the glass door I noticed a neon sign posted under the ...

Toddler unfriendly: the self serve checkout

There has been a recent development at the grocery and chain stores in this town and I'm not so sure I like it. I've been studiously avoiding them for months now, but slowly they're becoming impossible to ignore: they're like filthy little ...

How to shop with two kids: divide and conquer

When it comes to grocery shopping with small children, you usually have small windows of opportunity to get in, get your bread and get out before all hell breaks loose. While I usually do grocery shopping during the week by myself, sometimes my ...

Humbling moments in motherhood

Rob was out of town last night, so rather than spending two hours disengaging Nolan from the dirt in the fig tree and the sockets in the walls at home, I decided to bring him to the mall after I picked him up from daycare. I still cart him around in ...

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