Baby Toys, Overrated?

The baby toy industry is cleaning up. There are noise makers, plastic keys, stuffed animals, teething toys, rubber duckies, etc. I have baskets filled, I know. Luna is only 10 months and has more toys than FAO Schwarz! Okay, so not that many, but a lot. I can only imagine how many more she will collect with her first birthday coming up! My low patients for clutter is already designating places for her new toys!

Anyway, I am sure most parent can relate, no matter how many cool new toys your little one has it is always the unexpected that catches and holds a babies attention. Luna's favorite toys are the hamper, an empty water bottle, straws, my camera case, any iPhone, and our vacuum.  I think we need to rethink this whole toy industry :)

Numb-Founded

I overheard a conversation between a guy and a girl the other day. The one was about ready to drink a bottled beverage when the other took it out of her hands and started reading the label. He said, "Do you know what is in this? Some of these ingredients have been closely linked to cancer. This could kill you!" She shrugged her shoulders, took it out of his hands and started to drink it.

Have we really become that numb as a society? We can blame the large companies who put these things on the market, but what ever happened to our instinct for survival? We know things are bad for us, yet we indulge anyway. Cigarettes are a great example , the package even says "may cause cancer". They have killed so many people, yet so many millions still smoke. 

We only care when it is too late. We regret the bad decisions in a hospital bed, up until that point we glaze over and only hear what we want to. We aren't invincible.  The decisions we make today will effect us and others for a lifetime. What will it take to wake up our numb society and regain that instinct for survival? 

Personal responsibility.