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Wise Ideas
Wise Ideas is a daily blog that sifts through the cultural, social and lifestyle issues and trends that affect you and your family most, and instantly links you to places where you can learn more. The views and opinions expressed here are not necessarily those shared by MomWise, but are meant to stimulate conversation and discussion.
Car Talk I'm driving A BRAND NEW CAR! Well, at least for three days. It's a loaner while the increasingly beat-up and dirty family van is in the shop getting its annual maintenance check and its not-so-automatic-anymore sliding passenger door fixed. I'm... |
Swine Season Can you imagine being the receptionist in a doctor's office this week (unless of course, you ARE a receptionist in a doctor's office)? If our pediatrician's office is any indication -- you'd better hope your child doesn't actually get really... |
What Can't You Do Without? It's 5:30am Monday morning, and I just finished unloading a packed dishwasher, and am getting ready to put some laundry in. Ahhh....the start of a new day. Life - at least for me - would be a lot more complicated... |
Friday Short Takes The hot teen trend is spending less at the mall. The Obama Administration is stepping in to save us from evil credit card companies. Unemployed high-powered dads are taking over PTAs in suburban New York. And who among us HASN'T... |
Doctor's Orders? You'll pardon me, but I'm going to veer off the marketing/media/advertising trail today because to be honest, I'm a little stunned after a visit to my doctor yesterday. Everything's fine - which I suppose should actually be the headline. But... |
Halting the Gravy Train The gravy train may be nearing its final stop for a niche group of opportunistic mommy bloggers. In what could be a ruling with wide ranging implications in the Internet world, the Federal Trade Commission is considering cracking down on... |
Blame the Messengers Just when you think Americans had grown media and marketing savvy, this happens. By this, I mean a new Harris Interactive Poll in which a surprising percentage of consumers blame the media and in particular, the advertising industry, for the... |