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Saturday, September 8, 2007 12:00 AM

Baby's first lead

All the recent toy recalls have revived fears about toddlers and toxins. How should parents protect their children?

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  • Friday, September 7, 2007 11:43 PM

    No, they aren't hardly going to be that smart...

    >How about not getting suckered in, all you 'security moms' who voted for President Sociopath in 2004?....Try taking a look at conservatives' position on regulation and trade.<

    *snort* Please. The reason such women have turned motherhood into an insane, never-ending competition is because they've given up on having any influence in the outside world. (Or they never, ever thought that neo-libertarian lassez-faire crap the Bushies extol would ever have an effect on their families.) So much safer to cocoon with hubby out in McMansion land and put your energies into making your own world instead of working to improve this one.

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