Babies Judging Babies
According to a new study, infants can tell the difference between naughty and nice playmates.
Babies as young as 6 to 10 months old showed crucial social judging skills before they could talk, according to a study by researchers at Yale University’s Infant Cognition Center published in Thursday’s journal Nature.
I’m always surprised that people are surprised at how intelligent humans are at such a early age. Anyone with kids know they can do amazing things within a few months of birth.
Sesame Street is Much Tamer These Days
Snuffleupagus was only seen by Big Bird, Cookie Monster smoking a pipe and then eating it! Oh, the humanity of it all. Read about how Sesame Street in it’s orginal form probably would have been adult only television. A funny read!
Reuse Those Old Toys
Wisebread has some tips on reviving those old toys to save some money and get some more life out of your children’s toys. You usually end up with piles of toys with the stuff at the bottom perfectly usable but forgotten under all the new stuff. If you go through all your old toys you can find some of the favorite ones that can last for a few more months!
How to Entertain Your Child for Cheap
No Imapact Man was asked how he entertains his daughter without television and electricity. Well, he rattled off a ton of ideas, most of them easy and free!
Read his entire blog to get some more great ideas about leaving a light footprint on the world.
Find the Lead
The Chicago Tribune conducted some lead testing in toys. I’m not sure how these things sneak into the country, obviously the testing agency are idiots or maybe someone isn’t telling the truth when reporting the lead contained in each toy.
If you are really concerned, Consumer Reports has a list of some home lead-testing kits that you can purchase and how well they work.
Also, the DailyGreen has a list of 250 lead-free toys. I can’t believe you actually need a list!
Thinking you should ban Made in China toys from your house? Well, Palm Bay, Florida is trying to ban all made in china products from the entire town. I doubt it will succeed but it will be interesting to see how far this goes.
-
Twitter Updates
-
Topics
-
Archives
-
Links