CPSIAHURTSKIDS.COM

Posted by Valerie on February 28, 2009

We’ve been racking our brains, trying to think of a way to distract Congress from the imaginary children that they think are at risk from lead and phthalates and show them the very real children who are now being hurt by CPSIA.

I’ve purchased the domain name, CPSIAHURTSKIDS.COM because I think that Congress needs to see that CPSIA is not the beautiful protection for dear little children that they think it is. It’s not enough to tell Congress that CPSIA hurts kids; we need to show them that it really does hurt children.

Really, America needs to understand that whenever regulation oppresses business it hurts families and children. CPSIA is only one of the most outrageous examples. American business creates the wealth that provides for the daily needs of American children. When the parental purse shrinks due to government interference, our children do feel the effects of it.

I’d like for you to send pictures for me to post at CPSIAHURTSKIDS.COM. I’d like to show the many children who are affected and the many ways that they are affected, and I need your help to do that. You can send any picture you like–single children, families, or products. You can caption them or not. If you’re not totally comfortable about anonymous kids’ pictures on the Internet, feel free to use low light or silhouette views. Or just enter a picture showing a stack of children’s books.

HERE’S THE EMBARRASSING PART: I have to charge $2.99 for most pictures that I upload. If it’s as many pictures as I hope it will be, it will take a lot of time to manage the pictures and get them uploaded. While I’m doing that, I won’t be able to list books. Meanwhile, the Jacobsen kids do still like to have three square meals every day. (I hope that people will understand this part.)

We’re also happy to upload pictures with no payment, but time will be limited for that. If you can send a picture, please do, whether you can send $2.99 or not. We’re not looking to make money; I just can’t commit to something that easily could take away my ability to provide for my kids in the usual way.

Anyone can put up a picture, anywhere, but we thought it would be really helpful to show as many pictures as possible in one central place with a striking name that calls attention to the real effects of CPSIA. I would like to see a few hundred pictures at cpsiahurtskids.com –and then I would love to see many, many people calling all of our congressmen and senators and news outlets and inviting them to SEE the kids who are affected by this outrage.

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