Friday, June 28, 2013

Article from 1921 and Basic Housekeeping Adobe Connect on Monday

Basic housekeeping coming up!

Writing in 1921, Ellen Potter talked about the importance of community in raising children. It was written that the public school system played an enormous role in helping to secure positive outcomes "Courses in home economics will lay the future foundation for intelligent home making, which is the only basis on which child welfare can be made secure."

This is a PERFECT segue to Monday's Adobe Connect training. I chose this article because a number of you had indicated that you associate a clean home with basic health, welfare, and safety principles.

This training will focus on basic housekeeping. I have assembled a number of materials for you to use (PowerPoints, fact sheets, etc.) Indeed, basic housekeeping is not something that is inate. Instead, it is something that must be taught. I have also noticed that basic housekeeping skills may be forgotten over time.

Source: Potter, E. C. (1921). Community measures to conserve child life. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 98, Child Welfare, pp. 16-27.

See you Monday!

Adobe Connect
Date: July 1, 2013
Title: Basic housekeeping for low-income clients
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am 
Please use the following link to connect: http://dasnr.adobeconnect.com/r2w98s1tbtm/

Friday, June 7, 2013

Lead in unlikely places

All:

Are you familiar with Restoration Hardware? It's a home goods store ($$$) that has a multitude of products, ranging from tableware to art. I needed a matching pair of lamps and hunted until I found two within my price point. Restoration Hardware had two that were DEEPLY discounted and fit my needs perfectly.

The lamps arrived. I was thrilled to see lightbulbs included in the package. The bulbs are compact fluorescent (CFLs) and feature the ENERGY STAR label. I was happy about this as CFLs manage energy better relative to incandescents with similar output.

I was not as thrilled to see the sticker label which reads:

WARNING:
This light bulb/lighting product has one ore more soldered electrical connection points on it's base that contain LEAD or lead compounds... 
Please take steps to minimize handling of the base of this product. 
Please do not place the base of the bulb in your mouth."




This is a fine example of the lead in consumer products ... You can find lead in the most unlikely places!