Last week, on our monthly Target trip, my daughter and I ran into an unexpected problem – almost everything we were looking for was missing. Generic diapers and wipes were not on the shelf and the loss leaders we hoped to snare were nowhere to be found either. I found an associate and asked her to run...

Get ‘Em While They’re Young My daughter’s first birthday was a few weeks ago and although she is still too little to complain, several of my friends were disappointed that her birthday celebration was lacking in fanfare. Even before I was a parent, I was never a big fan of the baby birthday party – large...

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