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I drive an orange car. Hmmm.
http://www.boston.com/cars/news-and-reviews/2015/07/20/men-women-have-big-differences-car-color-preferences/SSsLSRB91x5cHTsDUbWzTL/story.html
"“Orange is the new hot car color when it comes to men’s preferences,” said iSeeCars CEO Phong Ly in a statement. “The most popular car colors—black, white, and silver—didn’t change dramatically, but what’s striking is how much more interest men have for the nontraditional colors now.”"
I am not a man. OTOH, my son did provide a small amount of input into the color choice (and the car choice).
Also from Boston Globe (sorry -- some of this is probably paywalled and I always forget that because I pay to support my local paper):
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2015/07/19/homelife/pxQLd8su1IfilQQaR4hb3N/story.html
"Sarah J. Clark, associate director of the University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, which included 569 parents of children newborn to 4 years old." is quoted saying:
"Clark recommends a careful approach to posting about kids. She suggests using a child’s initial instead of full name when posting on a forum or blog, for instance, and leaving out the names of parks or other details that could be used to locate a child."
Might be worth digging up the poll as a whole. Clark is right that we're setting a lot of the etiquette/ground rules for How To Do This Social Media About One's Kids thing.
"“Orange is the new hot car color when it comes to men’s preferences,” said iSeeCars CEO Phong Ly in a statement. “The most popular car colors—black, white, and silver—didn’t change dramatically, but what’s striking is how much more interest men have for the nontraditional colors now.”"
I am not a man. OTOH, my son did provide a small amount of input into the color choice (and the car choice).
Also from Boston Globe (sorry -- some of this is probably paywalled and I always forget that because I pay to support my local paper):
http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2015/07/19/homelife/pxQLd8su1IfilQQaR4hb3N/story.html
"Sarah J. Clark, associate director of the University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, which included 569 parents of children newborn to 4 years old." is quoted saying:
"Clark recommends a careful approach to posting about kids. She suggests using a child’s initial instead of full name when posting on a forum or blog, for instance, and leaving out the names of parks or other details that could be used to locate a child."
Might be worth digging up the poll as a whole. Clark is right that we're setting a lot of the etiquette/ground rules for How To Do This Social Media About One's Kids thing.