Here, we have a $92 prefabricated eco-lemonade stand. Made of premium recycled cardboard. What a marvelous, crucial invention. Only a reckless parent would let his child attempt entrepreneurship spontaneously, by herself—possibly suffering injury or embarrassment while improvising a lemonade stand out of, say, a folding card table. Babygadget.com, who ardently recommends this product, has this […]

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I ran across Wendy by happenstance. When I first saw her website, Babies Gotta Have it, I rashly concluded that she was a crazily overachieving—and possibly quite greedy—mom. The site’s introductory message certainly suggests an unhinged hunger to acquire and test baby products: “On a quest for that perfect baby gift for the new little […]

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