Dear Parents and Teachers

Building castles with sticks and stones, turning boxes into ships, finding dinosaur bones in the backyard, and monsters in the closet. 

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In the late 1900s, Karen's Kids were born, and a whole gang of characters joined this rag-tag, imaginative, mischievous crew: Pickleberry and Washrag Girl have been together since birth. Dawg doesn't go anywhere without Dilbert, Grandma can't find Beep, GeorgiaBea is painting on her sister, and Peanut is having a shouting tantrum.   

A little bit of everybody's kids are part of Karen's Kids: mud-loving, puddle-jumping, sometimes bossy, and less than truthful, but always huggable little guys.  They (Karen's Kids, and probably all of us) are learning how to overcome issues in a healthy way.  It is our goal to model our motto in words and actions, "Sharing, caring, and working together to help make the world a better place" by providing creative, constructive learning activities, and products for kids and their caregivers, and supporting agencies working to keep kids safe and healthy.​

*In 2025, National Children's Alliance reported that "...more than 550,000 children are known to be abused."  That's 8 children out of every thousand.)