Bubble wrap your kids this year

[snafu]

Every year they come up with a list of toys deemed hazardous. Now I can see the lead paint and the date rape goof balls Aqua Dots they were pushing but some of this stuff is ridiculous.

 

Unsafe Toys on ShelvesBy Nedra Rhone | Monday, November 19, 2007, 01:04 PM

 

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

Popular Heelys made Keenan's 2007 list of unsafe toys.

 

The latest news in dangerous toys includes Don Keenan’s just released list of unsafe toys for 2007. Keenan, founder of Keenan’s Kids Foundation, is a local child advocate and attorney.

 

Keenan’s Top 10 list of dangerous toys on shelves follows. Have you had an experience with one of these toys or do you have other toys to add to the list?

 

Magnetix 75 Piece Assortment Collector’s Tin $19.99 by Mega Brands Ages 6+ Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potential for choking injuries. Magnets that are swallowed can connect in the intestines, resulting in tissue damage, infection, and death.

 

Rocket Pocket Miniature Electric Motorcycle $183.22 by Razor USA, LLC Ages 12+ years Purchased at Wal-Mart HAZARD: Potential for severe bodily injuries or death

 

Heelys $29.99 - $79.99 by Heeling Sports LTD Ages 5+ Purchased at Kids Foot Locker HAZARD: Potential for severe head injuries and injuries to others

 

Creepy Crawlers Bug Maker $19.99 by Flying Colors Ages 8+ years Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potential for electric shock and burn injuries.

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Sensor Sword with Magic Ring $17.99 by Zizzle Ages 5+ Purchased at Target HAZARD: Potential for eye and other bodily injuries.

 

Disney Princess Small Dolls - Favorite Moments $19.99 by Toys R Us Ages 3+ Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potential for choking. Small Pieces.

 

Lil’ Snoopy $7.99 by Fisher Price Age 1+ Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potential for Strangulation

 

Elmo’s World: Talking Cell Phone $9.99 by Fisher-Price Ages 18+ months Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potentially dangerous levels of noise.

 

Yo-Yo Squeeze Toy $1.29 by Ja-Ru, Inc. Ages 4+ Purchased at KB Toys HAZARD: Potential for strangulation injuries.

 

Hello Kitty Flavored Lip Balms and Nail Polishes $7.99 by Sanrio & Townley Cosmetics Age 5+ Purchased at Toys R Us

 

HAZARD: Contains the potentially toxic chemical Phthalate. Children can ingest toxins put on lips and fingernails.

If you got a small toddler you don't want stuff they can swallow. Gotcha on that. Common sense.

 

How about the yo-yo? Who would've guessed you could strangle yourself on a string?

 

Common sense people!

 

Oh and I was kidding. Don't bubble wrap your kids.

 

HAZARD: Potential for suffocation. :rolleyes:

[Old Salt]

A kid could take a straw out of a drink and harm itself. Put an eye out, stick it up his nose, stick it down his throat, stick it in his ear and pierce an eardrum:eek:. Hey, watch out for what you feed the little ones, they could possibly choke on a bean. Most of these items are ridiculous.

[jhony5]

Magnetix 75 Piece Assortment Collector?s Tin $19.99 by Mega Brands Ages 6+ Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potential for choking injuries. Magnets that are swallowed can connect in the intestines, resulting in tissue damage, infection, and death.

Jebus Cripes!Why not just warn of the hazard involved with Barbie dolls, as they may cause rectal damage if shoved up the butt hole?

 

Rocket Pocket Miniature Electric Motorcycle $183.22 by Razor USA, LLC Ages 12+ years Purchased at Wal-Mart HAZARD: Potential for severe bodily injuries or death

Bicycles aren't qualifying under this description?

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World?s End Sensor Sword with Magic Ring $17.99 by Zizzle Ages 5+ Purchased at Target HAZARD: Potential for eye and other bodily injuries.

:confused: *Object may cause retinal irritation if inserted in eye socket.

Elmo?s World: Talking Cell Phone $9.99 by Fisher-Price Ages 18+ months Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potentially dangerous levels of noise.

Agreed! *May cause drunken father to lose his Christmas cheer and kick the f*ck out of Elmo in front of child.

[snafu]

LMAO. Yeah my thoughts exactly about the phone.

 

I remember those creepy crawler machines. The wiring was pretty unstable back then. I don't know how they are now. And remember the science labs they sold? With the Bunsen burner? I wonder if they still have those?

[Old Salt]

LMAO. Yeah my thoughts exactly about the phone.I remember those creepy crawler machines. The wiring was pretty unstable back then. I don't know how they are now. And remember the science labs they sold? With the Bunsen burner? I wonder if they still have those?

Probably outlawed 'cause too many young people were turning them into meth labs. ;)

[jhony5]

LMAO. Yeah my thoughts exactly about the phone.I remember those creepy crawler machines. The wiring was pretty unstable back then. I don't know how they are now. And remember the science labs they sold? With the Bunsen burner? I wonder if they still have those?

The E-Z bake oven has been a perennial offender for causing skin burns. I was surprised to not see it listed, again.

 

Hasbro recalls 1 million Easy-Bake Ovens - Consumer news - MSNBC.com

 

About 985,000 Easy-Bake Ovens sold since last May have been recalled because children can get their hands or fingers caught in the oven?s opening, which poses an entrapment or burn hazard.

[IWS]

Probably outlawed 'cause too many young people were turning them into meth labs. ;)

Thank god they can still buy these...

 

For The Kids

 

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[RaE]

How is natural selection supposed to work, if kids can't get killed by their toys? Bring back log and slinky. Stupid parents... Please watch your kids people... Don't buy them toys, they might hurt themselves.

[snafu]

When I was a kid we used to have BB gun and wrist rocket fights. The only rule was no amining at the head. :D

[IWS]

How is natural selection supposed to work, if kids can't get killed by their toys? Bring back log and slinky.

Bring back the best child toy ever invented.

 

YARD DARTS

 

One of my friends nailed his sister in the head playing this. She needed stitches. The Dr. said she was lucky is glanced off of her head. Had it hit directly, it could have gone into the skull.

 

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[RaE]

lawn darts were awesome. like snafu said, we used to have bottle rocket fights, and roman candle fights. We used to play war with BB guns. Kids today would never have survived.. pussies.

[snafu]

"No you can't have a BB gun. You'll shoot your eye out!"

 

 

 

W.A.T.C.H. world against toys causing harm, inc.

 

W.A.T.C.H. world against toys causing harm, inc.

[Times]

lawn darts were awesome. like snafu said, we used to have bottle rocket fights, and roman candle fights. We used to play war with BB guns. Kids today would never have survived.. pussies.

It is natural for parents to want to protect their children but you can take it too far sometimes.

 

I remember cars without seatbelts and there was no such thing as a "bike helmet".

 

I remember the BB wars the best though, I wore a denum jacket as my only extra protection and we went to the woods and played war, like the sissys play paintball these days (I play paintball these days so I guess I am a sissy now).

 

Anyone else use a rope swing to propell yourself high into the air and dive into a river?

 

Playing for kids was an adventure, the more risk, the more fun it was.

 

Now playing is all about sitting on your behind and playing video games for the average child, I wonder at this thing called progress.

[RaE]

Paintballer here too... :P We used to go to "the blue hole" all the time... Jump out of a huge tree, at the top you dove, at the middle you swung on the rope, your only fear was avoiding the stones that surrounded the 50ft deep natural spring.

[snafu]

When I was 9 or 10 I got a 35 pound bow and a bunch of target arrows. We used to go shooting in the woods every chance we could. My brother who is 4 years older than me had hunting arrows too. One time he shot one in a tree. It was funny as hell. It musta took him an hour to carve it out with knife. Oh we all had our own knives too.

[angie]

Magnetix 75 Piece Assortment Collector?s Tin $19.99 by Mega Brands Ages 6+ Purchased at Toys R Us HAZARD: Potential for choking injuries. Magnets that are swallowed can connect in the intestines, resulting in tissue damage, infection, and death.

What 6 year old still eats toys?? Give me a break.

 

I think parents need to take responsibility. Go by the age guidelines, and use your discretion. Most of my 2 year old's toys are recommended for ages 3+, but those are the kinds of things she likes, so I bought them. But I don't leave her alone with them so she can shove them in the back of her mouth to use as a chew toy and choke herself with. The problem isn't the toys (other than the Aqua Dots) it's the parents.

[Times]

All my kids are involved in martial arts, they all (including my 7 year old) ride dirt bikes and quads, only the 7 year old has not shot a gun, they ride horses, fish, camp, we go deep sea fishing several times a year, the list is endless but almost everything we do has some measure of risk.

 

My daughter (almost 9) has completely gone nuts over Kendo (way of the sword) and I was all for it until I found out how much the gear and shinai would cost. Not to mention the hand made swords she wants me to buy her.

 

Anyway, my point was that with risk, comes character. If we try to raise our kids in a protective bubble, they will grow up to be spiritless, devoid of a spark that makes them truly unique. With danger, we learn to expand our limits.

 

In short it is called risk/reward. Without risk, no reward.

[Old Salt]

Another thing we should think of to prevent injury to a child: All trees should be cut down and disposed of. A child may climb a tree and fall out, thus injuring him/herself.

[snafu]

All my kids are involved in martial arts, they all (including my 7 year old) ride dirt bikes and quads, only the 7 year old has not shot a gun, they ride horses, fish, camp, we go deep sea fishing several times a year, the list is endless but almost everything we do has some measure of risk.My daughter (almost 9) has completely gone nuts over Kendo (way of the sword) and I was all for it until I found out how much the gear and shinai would cost. Not to mention the hand made swords she wants me to buy her.

 

Anyway, my point was that with risk, comes character. If we try to raise our kids in a protective bubble, they will grow up to be spiritless, devoid of a spark that makes them truly unique. With danger, we learn to expand our limits.

 

In short it is called risk/reward. Without risk, no reward.

Wow right on! Sounds like your a pretty cool dad. ;)

[Times]

Wow right on! Sounds like your a pretty cool dad. ;)

As with most parents I always said I would give my kids what I never had but as I started truly being a dad, I remembered how much it meant to do things with my dad and how bad it was when he had to work late and weekends and not be able to spend time with me.

 

I remember being a kid, I honestly do, so all I do is what I wanted my dad to do, spend as much time as possible doing things together, not just in the same room but doing the same things as a family.

 

I was to give any father advise about being a good dad it would be to not kill yourself trying to earn the extra cash if it means you cannot spend time with your kids. You don't need lots of money to have fun, but your kids cannot have fun with you if your not there.

[Old Salt]

As with most parents I always said I would give my kids what I never had but as I started truly being a dad, I remembered how much it meant to do things with my dad and how bad it was when he had to work late and weekends and not be able to spend time with me.I remember being a kid, I honestly do, so all I do is what I wanted my dad to do, spend as much time as possible doing things together, not just in the same room but doing the same things as a family.

 

I was to give any father advise about being a good dad it would be to not kill yourself trying to earn the extra cash if it means you cannot spend time with your kids. You don't need lots of money to have fun, but your kids cannot have fun with you if your not there.

Excellent advice, TJ.

[hugo]

When I was 8 my parents bought me a child size iron maiden.

[Old Salt]

When I was 8 my parents bought me a child size iron maiden.

Is that anything like a child size sex doll?:eek:

[snafu]

lawn darts were awesome....

http://justbs.us/gallery/data/500/thumbs/dangerous-toys-2007.jpg

 

Well at least he didn't poke his eye out. :cool:

[Molly_Ringworm]

I had one of those easy bake ovens. And yeah. The first time I used it I nearly burned my lip off trying to eat one of those molten-lava, chocolate cake concoctions.

 

I learned you have to let them cool a little first. What a concept, Learning from play. :rolleyes:

 

The following was sent to me via e mail, It's kind of long, But I think some of you may get a kick out of it.

 

Those Born 1930-1979!

 

TO ALL THE KIDS

 

WHO SURVIVED the

 

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

 

First, we survived being born to mothers who

 

smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

 

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,

 

tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

 

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on

 

our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored

 

lead-based paints.

 

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,

 

doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had

 

no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took

 

hitchhiking.

 

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with

 

no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

 

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day

 

was always a special treat.

 

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT

 

from a bottle.

 

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from

 

one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

 

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and

 

drank koolaid made with sugar, but we weren't

 

overweight because WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !

 

We would leave home in the morning and play all

 

day, as long as we were back when the streetlights

 

came on.

 

No one was able to reach us all day.

 

And we were O.K.

 

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of

 

scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out

 

we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a

 

few times, we learned to solve the problem.

 

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's,

 

X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on

 

cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound

 

or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no

 

Internet or chat rooms.......

 

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found

 

them!

 

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and

 

teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

 

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and

 

the worms did not live in us forever.

 

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,

 

made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,

 

although we were told it would happen, we did not

 

put out very many eyes.

 

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and

 

knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked

 

in and talked to them!

 

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made

 

the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with

 

disappointment. Imagine that!!

 

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke

 

the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

 

These generations have produced some of the best

 

risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

 

The past 50 years have been an explosion of

 

innovation and new ideas.

 

We had freedom, failure, success and

 

responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT

 

ALL!

 

If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!

 

You might want to share this with others who have

 

had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers

 

and the government regulated so much of our lives for

 

our own good And while you are at it, forward it to

 

your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky)

 

their parents were.

 

( Kind of makes you want to run through the house with

 

scissors, doesn't it?)