Bubble wrap your kids this year

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.

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.

 

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. Hey, watch out for what you feed the little ones, they could possibly choke on a bean. Most of these items are ridiculous.

 

Jebus Cripes!

Why not just warn of the hazard involved with Barbie dolls, as they may cause rectal damage if shoved up the asshole?

Bicycles aren't qualifying under this description?

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

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Thank god they can still buy these...

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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.

 

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

 

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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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.

 

"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.

 

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.

 

Paintballer here too... 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.