On a quest for new shoes for our daughter
I like to avoid buying shoes for our daughter because it’s usually a hassle because our toddler doesn’t want to try on shoes and it’s a pain trying to find the correct size. Children grow out of shoes so fast that it’s hard to keep up. Luckily I found Pediped children’s shoes and I love them! Our daughter loves them too. They are so comfortable and they also come with extra insoles for room for growth. They are having a promotion for some of their shoes now that also benefit the MakeAWish foundation. It makes me feel even better that the shoes we love also benefit MakeAWish. If you are looking for the best quality shoes and the best customer service possible, I highly recommend Pediped shoes. I used the infant shoes when our daughter was a baby and now that she is a toddler I’ve used the Flex-line. Finally there are good quality shoes on the market that are also healthy for the growing feet.
Time to act now to protect the small toy manufacturers in USA
There is a legislation being considered right now that would force all small toy manufacturers as well as European manufacturers to stop doing business in the USA due to new proposed safety standards. Europe has had higher toy safety standards in place for years and they haven’t had safety problems like we have had here with the toys being manufactured by Mattel and Fisher-Price.
Please find out more information regarding this legislation here:
Here is a copy of a letter I sent to CPSIA:
Like many people, I was deeply concerned by the dangerous and poisonous toys that large Chinese toy manufacturers have been selling to our nations families. And, I was very pleased that Congress acted quickly to protect America’s children by enacting the CPSIA. However, I am very concerned that the CPSIA’s mandates for third party testing and labeling will have a dramatic and negative effect on small toymakers in the USA, Canada, and Europe, whose toy safety record has always been exemplary. Because of the fees charged by Third Party testing companies, many toymakers, especially makers of unique and beautiful wooden toys from Maine to Oregon will be driven out of business. Their cottage workshops simply do not make enough money to afford the $4,000 price tag per toy that Third Party testers are charging. Is this how we want America to be especially in these times of financial crises that we force all the small companies out of business while giving monopoly to Fisher-Price and Mattel? If this legislation passes it appears to me that there could be a special deal struck with the CPSC and Fisher-Price and Mattel since this would be the best thing for those 2 toy giants giving them the ultimate market share and forcing all the competitors out. If this happens, it will be a very sad day for Americans and especially American children who will suffer as a result of it. Please reconsider this legislation and force higher standards to the toy giants who clearly have violated the safety standards just for their own pocket book. How do you otherwise explain why European toy manufacturers such as Selecta and Haba who also have some of their toys made in China have never had these issues like the toys Fisher-Price and Mattel have had lately. Also the European Union has had strict safety standards in place for years and they don’t have problems like we have here in America. Please follow the lead that European Union has shown in protecting their consumers, it’s about time that we Americans get the same safety standards here.
