Yes we're the grandparents that bought a good, national brand, car seat so our son could be assured that his child would be safe in our care. But it took us both to figure our how to assemble and install the seat.
Since we only get to care for the kids on occasionally we need to remorve and store it. That's another struggle. So I ask you, why can't the maker's of these items take us into account. There must be a better and easier way to help us install and store items like these.
We want to make manufacturers of items like these that there is a grandparent's maket. We buy. We want good stuff. We want good value. And we wand ease of use.
Tell us your story of struggle with a kiddie item you bought for your grandchildren. We'll forward it to manufacturers to let them know they should address these problems.
Write me at ErwinRPh@gmail.com
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
United We Stand, for Kids and for Grandparents
Welcome to the blog that speaks up for Grandparents.
You don't have to be a doddering old timer in a rocking chair to be a grandparent. You can be a "with it" 40, 50,60 or 70 year old who likes to or needs to spend time with your kids kids. And spending time is more than
" Hi, remember me. I'm your Mom's mother". It means having them visit your house or taking them to a museum or doing lots of things together.
That's why I started this blog. To let the suppliers of products for kids know that we grandparents buy their products and they should understand our wants and needs. We are a significant market not only cribs and toys but also for books and special foods.
Join with us and add strength to our voice. There is no charge to you-but we ask that you recruit lots of others in the same situation. Send our blog site to everyone on your email list and ask them to join as well for UNITED WE STAND and UNITED WE SPEAK TOGETHER. There are lots of other Grandparents who we need to join so we can make our needs known. Tell them about this blog site. You can send them http://grandparentsapproval.blogspot.com and they can add their story.
Check out the last post story on one grandparent's experience with a new high chair. Add your own story either to the comment window of this blog or by sending it to me at
ErwinRPh@gmail.com.
Erwin Posner, http://grandparentsapproval.blogspot.com/
Would you like to see my other blog that's devoted to dieting to lose weight? Take a look at
http://BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com
You don't have to be a doddering old timer in a rocking chair to be a grandparent. You can be a "with it" 40, 50,60 or 70 year old who likes to or needs to spend time with your kids kids. And spending time is more than
" Hi, remember me. I'm your Mom's mother". It means having them visit your house or taking them to a museum or doing lots of things together.
That's why I started this blog. To let the suppliers of products for kids know that we grandparents buy their products and they should understand our wants and needs. We are a significant market not only cribs and toys but also for books and special foods.
Join with us and add strength to our voice. There is no charge to you-but we ask that you recruit lots of others in the same situation. Send our blog site to everyone on your email list and ask them to join as well for UNITED WE STAND and UNITED WE SPEAK TOGETHER. There are lots of other Grandparents who we need to join so we can make our needs known. Tell them about this blog site. You can send them http://grandparentsapproval.blogspot.com and they can add their story.
Check out the last post story on one grandparent's experience with a new high chair. Add your own story either to the comment window of this blog or by sending it to me at
ErwinRPh@gmail.com.
Erwin Posner, http://grandparentsapproval.blogspot.com/
Would you like to see my other blog that's devoted to dieting to lose weight? Take a look at
http://BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com
Saturday, March 1, 2008
The Highchair Story - good story but frustrating
Here is the story one grandparent told about the new high chair they bought for their grandchild.
Our children live out of town and we needed some juvenile furniture for when they visit. We had an old high chair but when our son put his baby daughter in it she slumped. The small vinyl seat belt wasn't adequate to to keep her sitting up straight. So, in the spirit of "There's nothing too good for my grandchildren", we went shopping for a new high chair.
The new high chairs are beautiful. We picked one out and it got its first test that day. After assembling it we put my granddaughter in and it kept her sitting up straight. This is good everyone thought.
But are there any negatives? OK- here goes. The chair was very stable but the legs splayed out at an angle that made it hard to get around it. We have a pretty good size kitchen and we set up the high chair near our kitchen table but I kept bumping into the high chair and knocking for a loop. It looked the prestige chair that it was but it was massive.
We certainly didn't need to have the high chair permanently standing in our kitchen so after my son left with his family to return to his home out of town I disassembled the chair. It came apart, with tools, and the individual parts can be easily lost. I stored the parts in plastic bags.
My old chair simply folded up for easy storage.
Guess what the bottom line on this high chair is. We sent a letter to the manufacturer which is a major U.S. company telling them what our experience was. What if thousands of grandparents join us and on behalf of that group we send the same letter. WE WILL GET NOTICED.
So that's your assignment. Send our web site on to your fellow grandparents and get more stories we can post. Pretty soon the Power of Grandparents will be a formidable power to be reckoned with.
Erwin Posner,
http://grandparentsapproval.blogspot.com/
If you wish to see my blog on dieting for the people go to:
Brownbagdiet.blogspot.com
Our children live out of town and we needed some juvenile furniture for when they visit. We had an old high chair but when our son put his baby daughter in it she slumped. The small vinyl seat belt wasn't adequate to to keep her sitting up straight. So, in the spirit of "There's nothing too good for my grandchildren", we went shopping for a new high chair.
The new high chairs are beautiful. We picked one out and it got its first test that day. After assembling it we put my granddaughter in and it kept her sitting up straight. This is good everyone thought.
But are there any negatives? OK- here goes. The chair was very stable but the legs splayed out at an angle that made it hard to get around it. We have a pretty good size kitchen and we set up the high chair near our kitchen table but I kept bumping into the high chair and knocking for a loop. It looked the prestige chair that it was but it was massive.
We certainly didn't need to have the high chair permanently standing in our kitchen so after my son left with his family to return to his home out of town I disassembled the chair. It came apart, with tools, and the individual parts can be easily lost. I stored the parts in plastic bags.
My old chair simply folded up for easy storage.
Guess what the bottom line on this high chair is. We sent a letter to the manufacturer which is a major U.S. company telling them what our experience was. What if thousands of grandparents join us and on behalf of that group we send the same letter. WE WILL GET NOTICED.
So that's your assignment. Send our web site on to your fellow grandparents and get more stories we can post. Pretty soon the Power of Grandparents will be a formidable power to be reckoned with.
Erwin Posner,
http://grandparentsapproval.blogspot.com/
If you wish to see my blog on dieting for the people go to:
Brownbagdiet.blogspot.com
Friday, February 29, 2008
Grandparents: Stand United
The Grandparent's seal of approval will begin to show us benefit when we show how united we stand to make our wishes known. The equipment and toys you buy for your grandchildren must be sturdy, safe, easy to assemble, easy to take apart and easy to store.
It's up to us to tell the manufacturers that we represent a significant market for their products and we expect them to make their products perform according to our specifications. So listen-up
fellow grandparents: Stand With Us, Stand Together and Stand United to speak up. I promise you, they will listen to us. Pass this along to all the grandparents you know and have them join with us in this project.
My previous post didn't have my email address and I've been told that some people would like to comment in private rather than in the comment box on this blog. You can email me at ErwinRPh@gmail.com.
In the meantime, send your comments on what toys you'd like to improve and what features you'd like to have. Tell us what you think of the brands you have recently purchased. You might want to review high chairs, cribs, play-yards, car seats, bibs, baby bottles or any items you use when you care for your grand-kids.
The more comments we gather the better likelihood of finding better products. By the way, don't limit yourself to features. If you think something is great but overpriced, write about that as well.
Some of you may be interested in my blog on weight control. It can be found at BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
It's up to us to tell the manufacturers that we represent a significant market for their products and we expect them to make their products perform according to our specifications. So listen-up
fellow grandparents: Stand With Us, Stand Together and Stand United to speak up. I promise you, they will listen to us. Pass this along to all the grandparents you know and have them join with us in this project.
My previous post didn't have my email address and I've been told that some people would like to comment in private rather than in the comment box on this blog. You can email me at ErwinRPh@gmail.com.
In the meantime, send your comments on what toys you'd like to improve and what features you'd like to have. Tell us what you think of the brands you have recently purchased. You might want to review high chairs, cribs, play-yards, car seats, bibs, baby bottles or any items you use when you care for your grand-kids.
The more comments we gather the better likelihood of finding better products. By the way, don't limit yourself to features. If you think something is great but overpriced, write about that as well.
Some of you may be interested in my blog on weight control. It can be found at BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Welcome to the Grandparent's Approval Blog
This is your chance to voice your approval of the things you buy to use for your grandchildren.
I know you have a bin full of toys for the children to play with when they come over. But have you ever been asked your opinion about what manufacturers should be making to entertain kids?
How about things like car seats or high chairs. I'll bet you've struggled when you had to install a car seat or put together a high chair. Unlike your own children you probably have to put these things away when the grand kids go home. So did the manufacturers every seek your advice? Do they make items that are easy to store? Do they make toys that don't eat up batteries or make intolerable repeated sounds or noise?
This is your chance to let the companies that benefit from your purchases know what you need. And more than that. You can tell them what annoys you about the items you now buy because you have no other alternatives.
Once we get enough feedback we're going to set up a "Grandparent's Seal of Approval" logo that manufacturers can use to let people know that we had a board of grandparents test their items and other buyers can feel safe that the items meet our needs as well as the needs of our grand kids.
For feedback I'll need you to respond on the comment section of this blog. I suggest we all start by commenting on good or bad features of toys, car seats or high chairs that you bought. The ones you keep in your homes or use in your car when the grandchildren visit or when you drive them someplace.
Please be brief but be active in your response. Without your response we will have a difficult time telling manufactuers how large numbers of grandparents feel. In fact forward this to other grandparents so we can get lots of hits and have greater influence. Remember, our mission is to have the companies that make goods that we use for our grandchildren listen to us and design products that we find easy to use, durable and fun for children.
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Thanks for joining with us. We're going to do great things for both grandparents and for kids.
I know you have a bin full of toys for the children to play with when they come over. But have you ever been asked your opinion about what manufacturers should be making to entertain kids?
How about things like car seats or high chairs. I'll bet you've struggled when you had to install a car seat or put together a high chair. Unlike your own children you probably have to put these things away when the grand kids go home. So did the manufacturers every seek your advice? Do they make items that are easy to store? Do they make toys that don't eat up batteries or make intolerable repeated sounds or noise?
This is your chance to let the companies that benefit from your purchases know what you need. And more than that. You can tell them what annoys you about the items you now buy because you have no other alternatives.
Once we get enough feedback we're going to set up a "Grandparent's Seal of Approval" logo that manufacturers can use to let people know that we had a board of grandparents test their items and other buyers can feel safe that the items meet our needs as well as the needs of our grand kids.
For feedback I'll need you to respond on the comment section of this blog. I suggest we all start by commenting on good or bad features of toys, car seats or high chairs that you bought. The ones you keep in your homes or use in your car when the grandchildren visit or when you drive them someplace.
Please be brief but be active in your response. Without your response we will have a difficult time telling manufactuers how large numbers of grandparents feel. In fact forward this to other grandparents so we can get lots of hits and have greater influence. Remember, our mission is to have the companies that make goods that we use for our grandchildren listen to us and design products that we find easy to use, durable and fun for children.
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Thanks for joining with us. We're going to do great things for both grandparents and for kids.
I look forward to your comments.
Erwin Posner
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