One of Erin’s teachers took her food away today. The way the story was related, couched in concepts like “consequences”, “following through”, and “character building” sounded sensible and considerate (although I flinch whenever I hear “character building” said in any tone other than bombastic, satirical deprecation), and at home Emily and I have been giving…
Author: Backpacking Dad
Ai-doo
“Ai-doo is coming to get me!!” “I’m sharing my dinner with Ai-doo.” Sometimes Ai-doo is a baby. Sometimes Ai-doo is a cricket. Mostly Ai-doo is Erin’s imaginary friend. She tells long stories detailing their exploits together, and Ai-doo tends to be a trouble-maker. Sometimes she is afraid of him (her?) but usually they are just…
The FTC and You: Blogging and Advertising
The FTC has released its changes to the 1980 Guidelines on advertising and endorsement and some of those changes involve considering Blog Posts to potentially, on a case by case basis, fall under the scope of the Guidelines on deceptive advertising. The question the FTC considers is this: In analyzing statements made via these new…