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Toy Tips

Name: Marianne Szymanski

Kids: son, age 7 1/2; daughter, age 4 1/2

Works: president and publisher of Toy Tips and Parenting Hints | toytips.com

Favorite part about being a mom: Smiles on my children's faces

Least favorite part about being a mom: Driving here, there and everywhere for this lesson and that

Famous for: Baking homemade cakes for all birthdays


Twitter

By Marianne Szymanski
Tuesday, Mar 24 2009, 02:34 AM
I am getting a little addicted to twitter. Maybe because it's all the rage (though I never fall for that) or maybe because I find interesting posts on new things to learn or maybe because I post my Daily Toy Tip with a new toy report card each morning very faithfully.

My question to myself is .."How do I possibly have time for this?" I am a busy person already and with 2 kids, school drop off, school pick up, driving here, there and everywhere for this lesson and that, a fresh hot dinner on the table each night at 6 and a business to run, I must be crazy to add more to my day.

Can anyone tell me if I am alone here or is twitter just a ton of fun? Twitter me... twitter.com/toytips,

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About Marianne Szymanski

Marianne Szymanski is founder and president of Toy Tips, Inc., an international child development research group that conducts independent on-going academic and scientific research on products from the toy and juvenile product industries. A national author, entrepreneur, speaker, lecturer and media personality, Marianne has led her organization's unbiased tests of over 40,000 products from more than 1200 manufacturers and publishes Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine. (toytips.com)

A former retail sales representative for an international toy manufacturer, Marianne saw the opportunity to provide parents with unbiased information they can trust on how to select products that enhance a child's development. This inspired the 1991 formation of The Toy Research Institute, a year-round program of toy evaluation and testing that does not accept revenue from manufacturers. In order to serve her local community with toy lending, Marianne created the Toy Tips Toy Lending Library in conjunction with the Franklin Public Library in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 
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