Kids have got talent at Babyshop show
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It's 5pm and backstage at Dubai Mall's the latest thing catwalk, the green room is packed. A glam party of make-up artists, hair and wardrobe stylists are putting finishing touches on the models who are getting expectant to walk the runway.
Only for this show, some of the models will have to be carried or toddle their way down the runway because they've only barely learnt to walk. And their excited mums are hoping they won't cry or need feeding rightist before their fashion debut. These children are here to model Babyshop's Autumn/Winter store. The 25 excited youngsters, from just 12 months to 12 years old, are finalists in the Babyshop Strength Hunt. Following auditions, these budding sartorialists were chosen, from more than 6,000 contestants in a nationwide battle, to take part in the final catwalk show.
"This is the first time a clothier for children has conducted a proclivity hunt on such a scale in the UAE," Rahul Saxena, the noddle of marketing for Babyshop says. "We wanted the children who wore our marque to be our models." The children will also feature in the store's 2011 Autumn/Winter catalogue.
Source: gulfnews.com
Parents best at teaching kids financial skills
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One conclusion was that 83 per cent of respondents who said they are informal with their parents' financial situation believe that schooling helped them establish financial goals, and they were much more proper to have approached their parents for advice, compared to green people who had not had the family financial situation shared.
How do we relieve? Start at home.
If you are a parent or grandparent, this is your reliability. Kids don't like to be lectured, but they do love to hear stories -- individual, moving stories -- about the old days, your experiences and how you highbrow.
That's likely a great way to start your conversation about dough, talking about some mistakes you made and the lessons you learned. One of my favourites is, "Boy, I have a fancy I had..." That could end up as a conversation about saving a certain amount out of your very first paycheques, investing earlier to take sway of compounding, sticking with a plan that was abandoned too quickly, or getting a credit card and running up a equality that couldn't be paid off.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press
The Balloon Zoom Car, made with paper plates and barbecue skewers, earns children the Rocketeer Bring to terms — “because it uses air propulsion mechanisms, ie, balloons and straws,” Mr. Saxon said. Although children don't have to assume about business models
