<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for An illustration and explanation of today’s tainted toys]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by swan http://www.grist.org/article/recalled/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:14:56 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/recalled/1 How long has this been going on?

How many kids have already been harmed by these toys? How long have these toys been on the market? No consumer reports on toy safety? No curious parents or day care folks checking it out? What else is out there?

Is this just another casualty of consumeritis?? When my kids were growing up I chose a non-materialistic lifestyle. I was lucky. I had a choice. My children grew up without television, sugar or mass market toys. They had plenty of wooden blocks, baking sets, beautiful handmade dolls and the garden and woods around us. They are now intelligent, capable people living in the modern world, making their own choices.

I think we owe it to our children to teach them the difference. Not just between mass market junk with or without lead paint but deeper concepts of creativity and what we choose to acquire and entertain ourselves with.

I'm sharing some ideas about living in a world of peace and sanity in my blog at http://goodwordswan.wildflowerstew.com

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How many kids have already been harmed by these toys? How long have these toys been on the market? No consumer reports on toy safety? No curious parents or day care folks checking it out? What else is out there?

Is this just another casualty of consumeritis?? When my kids were growing up I chose a non-materialistic lifestyle. I was lucky. I had a choice. My children grew up without television, sugar or mass market toys. They had plenty of wooden blocks, baking sets, beautiful handmade dolls and the garden and woods around us. They are now intelligent, capable people living in the modern world, making their own choices.

I think we owe it to our children to teach them the difference. Not just between mass market junk with or without lead paint but deeper concepts of creativity and what we choose to acquire and entertain ourselves with.

I'm sharing some ideas about living in a world of peace and sanity in my blog at http://goodwordswan.wildflowerstew.com

]]> Comment #2 by akbeancounter http://www.grist.org/article/recalled/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:46:40 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/recalled/2 Gee, pay more for non-toxic toys? I don't know...

It's kind of shameful to hear the talking heads on cable news channels.  They acknowledge that lead paint probably isn't a good thing, but warn that Christmas might cost more if we insist upon toys that won't give our children brain damage.

Swan said:
Is this just another casualty of consumeritis??
Absolutely.  We want it all, and we don't care how we get it.  America's children need toys based on their favorite TV characters (after all, the TV is their best friend anymore), and parents want those toys as cheap and as plentiful as possible.  Since we can't see the Asian and Latin American sweatshops, or the pollution generated by producing millions of pounds of disposable plastic junk, we can safely ignore them; I'm sure that if those things were important, somebody would tell us about it.

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It's kind of shameful to hear the talking heads on cable news channels.  They acknowledge that lead paint probably isn't a good thing, but warn that Christmas might cost more if we insist upon toys that won't give our children brain damage.

Swan said:
Is this just another casualty of consumeritis??
Absolutely.  We want it all, and we don't care how we get it.  America's children need toys based on their favorite TV characters (after all, the TV is their best friend anymore), and parents want those toys as cheap and as plentiful as possible.  Since we can't see the Asian and Latin American sweatshops, or the pollution generated by producing millions of pounds of disposable plastic junk, we can safely ignore them; I'm sure that if those things were important, somebody would tell us about it.

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