Shuddle Car Service: Uber for Kids?
I learned this week about a new car service for busy parents. It’s called Shuddle. Modeled after the very successful Uber, Shuddle is a ride service operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. Like Uber, Shuddle utilizes drivers who own their own cars, and both...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...My Granny’s Purse
A fellow grandmother gave me an amusing gift for Christmas this year. Shaped like an old fashioned handbag and held together with an elastic bungee cord laced through each of the content pages, it is actually a book, with a catchy plot that made both my granddaughter...
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