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• Do you worry about artificial dyes in food?

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • It's actually "tried to stop whenever possible" because sometimes you just can't escape them...without breaking the bank, that is. :(

• Should parents be required to buy separate airplane seats for children 2 and under?

  Wed Sep 22, 2010
  • The airlines really need to go back to offering child discounts: 50% off if under 2 and 25% (heck, even 10%) if between 2 & 12.

• Do you think changing high fructose corn syrup's name will reduce people's health concerns about the product?

  Tue Sep 14, 2010
  • Get rid of HFCS (or any "extra" sweetener), drop the added sodium in our foods, and I predict a major shift for the better in this country.

• Should restaurants have the right to ban 'screaming children'?

  Thu Sep 9, 2010
  • If my kids get too wild I don't even wait for dirty looks. We walk out that door until they're calm. If that means dinner to go, so be it.

• What arm of the travel industry is the worst with fees?

  Wed May 5, 2010
  • I'd call car rental car seats a joke, but the seats they provide are way too unsafe to be a laughing matter.

• Would Howard Stern be a good replacement for Simon Cowell?

  Fri Feb 5, 2010
  • The censors had better have their game on - Stern can't put two sentences together without seriously offending someone!

• Should rules for labor inductions be tightened by federal regulators?

  Mon Oct 26, 2009
  • If there is a medical need, by all means induce. Even repeat C-sections are frequently scheduled too early if the hospital is non-VBAC.

• Are you a distracted driver?

  Wed Sep 23, 2009
  • I keep my phone on but I either ignore it while I'm driving, or turn the radio up so I don't hear it! :-)

• Did you watch 'Octomom'?

  Thu Aug 20, 2009
  • No...crud like this is why I haven't had TV in over a year with no plans to re-subscribe.

• 9 reasons '09 will be the year of the 'naycation'

  Mon Dec 8, 2008
  • We >might< take a camping trip in Canada this summer, or maybe next.  I still can't quite wrap my brain around the fact that we'll need passports just to do that, though! :(