I think it’s cool Brooke lets her kids play with the dishes, plus there are Tupperware toys out there so it’s not all bad.

Also maybe she meant she wanted her girls to learn how Tupperware was one of the first companies to empower women as the salesforce, so that’s cool. (Alhough I suppose Brooke’s never heard the story of Brownie Wise.)

Ugh, I’m sorry, I have a lot of respect for Brooke Shields, but I can never take anything celebrities are paid to say seriously. Of course they’re going to say it’s wonderful, the best thing they’ve ever tried, highly recommendable and blah blah blah, they’re paid to endorse the product! I mean come on Brooke, talking about what you want your kids to learn from *tupperware*?? Of all the things I can imagine to inspire and educate my children, tupperware is way down there with cheesewire and laminate flooring.

I don’t mean to play devil’s advocate as I do agree that our society has gotten very image obsessed and I certainly wouldn’t want my 4 year old daughter asking if something made her look fat. But there’s also a weight problem in this county. Statistics vary but approximately 1/3 of American adults are overweight and obesity is quickly becoming a top cause of preventable death. So in my mind the losing of baby weight is not a negative conversation to have. Staying fit and healthy (and that includes being at a healthy weight) is something everyone should talk about and work at best they can. Teaching our kids poor eating habits or a sedentary lifestyle isn’t going to help them either.

Lilybett, I totally agree with you when it comes to kids and too many toys. We have let all our family know we DO NOT want toys as presents unless it is something specific our girls as for. Now our families tend to give books and saving bonds as gifts – both are greatly appreciated!

Brooke makes a good point when she says that Grier will play with Tupperware and a wooden spoon for long periods of time – kids don’t even need “toys”. The household items we have around the house can be then most amusing, and don’t forget about how wonderful a day exploring a backyard or park can be, too!

I like the idea of having a toy limit and then instituting a “get-one-give-one-away” policy. Kids can just end up with so much crap they don’t need or use, particularly with the cheap and nasty toys that comes with fast food.

All my sisters complained about the amount of junk their kids got from friends and family for Christmas and birthdays. Most of us have just grabbed a toy off the nearest shelf, bought it and wrapped it, especially for kids you don’t know well. So I started a book buying policy, particularly for all the kids in my (extended) family. I give the babies a soft toy for their first Christmas but for the others, rather than a toy they get a good book, so by the time they’re teenagers they have a set of classic books.

“The actress talks about the difficulty of raising her daughters in an image-obssesed city, let alone culture, how she lost that baby weight”

That sentence is rather amusing. Contradiction much? Does the magazine even realize the irony of talking about losing baby weight and not wanting to focus on images in the same sentence?