Archive for the 'Family Product and Service Ideas' Category

Buying a house in France: not easy!

June 3rd, 2008

As with most things in France, other than buying a baguette and going to the restaurant, buying a house is much more complicated than in North America.
FEES:
There are fees of course:

Homes are not all listed in all real estate agencies. I know of one network, ORPI, that lists its properties through all its network’s […]

Kids’ school lunches: French-style lunch bag ideas

November 23rd, 2007

When we were living in the US with our children, I was faced with the the task of preparing school lunches for my children ages 2 to 5. As one with some French culture in my background, I say you are what you eat, and eating nutritious, balanced and great tasting lunch boxes is […]

Search engine for Kids. Where is it? Common Sense Media is here in the meantime

February 1st, 2007

Have you given real thought to what your seven year old might stumble upon when peforming an Internet search for the world ‘ girl’, if she was looking for images of little girls to decorate a birthday party invitation? How about famous cartoon caracters that are used to attract them to sites having nothing to […]

Play Centers for Saturday Shopping

November 25th, 2006

The world truly is not sensitive to families’ needs, where no city or neighbourhood has thought of putting together a service for working parents so they can shop easily on Saturdays while their children play in a center designed to welcome them.
True, isn’t it strange this isn’t here yet? Could it be too many men […]