Tag: children

  • More than half of toys tested unsafe

    The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) tested a basket of 50 toys sold in Singapore, and more than half were found to be unsafe. Naomi and I are not surprised. But what I’d like to know is, what kind of crap toy is this? The pictorial list of toys is here, and I kinda agree…

  • Inappropriate children’s songs

    Now that Kai is beginning to learn and mimic, we are starting to be more mindful of the songs we sing to him. Especially children’s songs. On our banned wagon now is the French ditty Alouette, which we thought was about a skylark. It is about a skylark, and the cruel thing (plucking its feathers)…

  • Our child will not be wearing squeaky shoes

    OK, these aren’t squeaky, but we dislike them too There is one thing that should be banned for the sake of your kid and the general public – shoes that squeak. They are by far the most irritating things parents can buy for their children. So far, none of our friends who’ve kids have made…