Important Advisory:

The Asterisk on the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Lead-Free* Platinum Award list indicates that samples from only one particular batch of these toys tested lead free.  Other production runs or samples of the same products may contain lead.

We have not had the other toys on our website independently tested for lead content. For the future, we are requiring companies to provide us with documentation that their products have been tested by an independent lab and found to be free of surface and embedded lead, as well as phthalates.  

6. Don't try to learn software at the same time as the homework is due.

Too often we think that because our kids can play a game by themselves on the computer that they can work the word processor or desktop publishing program without any instruction.  You may have your own anxiety over using the tools on your computer.  Instead of dealing with hassle of learning a new program at the same time as your child is struggling to get make the homework deadline do something together when no assignment is looming.