Our Picks of the Best Kid Stuff

Here you'll find kid stuff we really like, stuff we use and recommend, in addition to other recommended Mom and Kid approved products of all kinds.

NON EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AS CONSUMERS
We are very alert to the serious issue of exploiting children as consumers and these early childhood products are offered here only after careful thought of their true benefit to a child, particularly in terms of his/her health, well being and development.

Further we believe in kid stuff that supports Conscience Parenting, Environmental Sustainability, Non Violence, and Ethical Commerce.

ETHICAL COMMERCE
Ethical Commerce is fundamental to a child-honouring world. It includes a revolution in the design, manufacture and sale of goods; corporate reform; �triple bottom line� business (win/win/win); full-cost accounting; tax and subsidy shifts; political and economic cycles that reward long-term thinking. Ethical commerce would enable a restorative economy devoted to the well being of the very young.

To learn more about the seriousness of the exploitation of children as consumers visit Commercial Alert and Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood both non-profits are dedicated to reclaiming childhood from corporate marketers. With this foremost in mind we offer a continually reviewed list of our favorite children's products, with full disclosure that in many cases Childrens Self Esteem has elected to become affiliate of the product it recommends to support that product's success:

NOTEABLES AMONG OUR MOST HIGHLY ESTEEMED KID STUFF

HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE AND TOYS FOR CHILDREN
For more than 60 years, "Highlights for Children" has left an indelible imprint on the hearts and minds of tens of millions of children. It has improved reading skills; it has helped define and develop values like honesty, thoughtfulness and tolerance; and it has entertained and enlightened.
Without question, "Highlights for Children" has been one of the most remarkable stories in the history of American publishing. While educators, analysts and business people may debate the various reasons behind the periodical's success, all the children know is that it is full of kid stuff they like.

Highlights is dedicated to helping children grow in basic skills and knowledge, in creativeness, in ability to think and reason, in sensitivity to others, in high ideals and worthy ways of living -- for children are the world's most important people.

SELF ESTEEM BUILDING DOLLS
In a world where a young girl's self images is dictated by distorted child celebrity media we like this doll, which in a remarkable way enables her to take back her power basically by making her "feel like a celebrity" in a self esteem building way.

PBS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
These early childhood products from the Public Broadcasting System (PBS)collection are some of the finest more enlightening children's products ever.

Giggles - The Store For New Parents
Giggles motto is Healthy Happy Baby. And while they have many of the products you often hear celebrity testimonials for (such as the super maneuverable MacLaren Stroller or the ingeniously convertible P'Kolino Play Table) what we like best is their committment to health conscious early childhood products. Type in "Organic Clothes" or "Organic Bedding" or even "Healthy Products" and you'll see what we mean. All this comes with white glove furniture deliver and free set up, free Cookie's magazine, ongoing contests to win a $1,000 nursery set (try Promo Code GIG9), we're impressed. Kudos Giggles!

Picaboo Books Capturing a developmental stage in your child's life (the first year? learning to walk?), or an accomplishment (the season he first learned to play T-ball? or ride a bike?), making a holiday gift book for family, or just collecting memories -- Picaboo helps you publish a custom made book. Do you have a budding artists or author? Help you child produce a professionally bound book of his/her creative work. The possibilites are endless!