News Flash: Shredded Wheat Won’t Make You Smart

Denise Schipani / 8 Comments / in the news/media, kids and food / Baby Einstein, Kellogg's, Shredded Wheat, truth in advertising to kids /

I’ll keep this one short; it’s been a long posting week, and there’s still a whole bunch of June left to go in this WordCount 2013 Blogathon I’m involved in! So there’s this: Apparently, Kellogg, makers of Shredded Wheat, have had to apologize — and answer to a lawsuit — after ads that ran in […]

May 4, 2010

Mean Mom’s Question Time: How Much TV Do Your Kids Watch?

Denise Schipani / 13 Comments / family life, kids' TV, Mean Mom's Question Time / Baby Einstein, childhood obesity, children's television, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Playhouse Disney, Sponge Bob Square Pants, television /

Starting this week (and hopefully continuing because it turns out to be wildly successful!), I’m instituting Mean Mom’s Question Time. Because I got to thinking: I can write (and write, and write, and write), but I’d rather discuss sometimes. So. Here’s the topic for Week One of Mean Mom’s Question Time: How much TV do […]