you're assuming parents buy them for children. They are easily found on desks in a lot of home offices. Kids find them, and no one ever bought them for them.
It's easy to blame the parents in this case because it is 100% the fault of the parents. The parents are the one's buying kids a 'toy' that CLEARLY states it is not for children. This would be no different then buying your 4 year a bottle of sleeping pills as toys. If another kid's parents is doing this, I'd suggest you police that kid and not let him hang with your kid. If that kid still manages to hang with your kid and your kid eats the magnets, then I suggest the other kids parents be charged with reckless endangerment for buying their kids something that CLEARLY states is not to be given to children. Finally, if you can't trust your teenagers not to give these to small children, then don't let them own any either.
The fact is the only way children can be harmed by these balls is if a parent fails to be a parent and allows their children to own these balls. The same argument for banning Mature and Adult games. The only way kids can get their hands on these is for an adult to be irresponsible. That adult should be punished rather than punishing everyone else.
eff this. Poor parenting is to blame. nanny state ftl.
you're assuming parents buy them for children. They are easily found on desks in a lot of home offices. Kids find them, and no one ever bought them for them.
..you guessed it, kids swallowing magnetic balls.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/26/cpsc-bans-sale-buckyballs-magnetic-toys-cites-hazard/
relevant:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fun-toy-banned-because-of-three-stupid-dead-kids,290/
eff this. Poor parenting is to blame. nanny state ftl.
My kids daycare banned all magnets based on a similar story. Completely wacked, if you ask me. They have scissors, pencils, toys with small parts, etc., all of which could hurt a child when ingested. Why not put the world in a giant bubble?
Again, magnets are kind of unique and a huge issue that many people don't think about. My wife works the surgical floors and kids having OR visits for magent getting cut out of their guts are more common that you would think.
Again, magnets are kind of unique and a huge issue that many people don't think about. My wife works the surgical floors and kids having OR visits for magent getting cut out of their guts are more common that you would think.
or can be fatal at worst.
I prefer the larger magnets that will actually cause fetuses to fly across the room like lawn darts.
Mebbe you should... before you post a falsely titled thread...?i didnt read the article.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ordered a halt to sale of Buckyballs magnetic toys on Wednesday, calling them a serious hazard in the panel's first stop-sale order in 11 years.
The commission ordered distributor Maxfield and Oberton Holdings of New York to halt sales because injuries to children who had swallowed them had continued to rise, the CPSC said in a complaint.
Did anyone actually die from one of these? I know there were several cases where surgery was needed but I had not heard of anyone dying
I prefer the larger magnets that will actually cause ferrous objects to fly across the room, like lawn darts for instance.
There's a lot of truth to that too. My 4 year old is a good kid, but she's got some quirks. My house is kind of a split level where the bedroom for the kids are on the top floor, my office is in a middle floor, and our living room/master BR is on the main. Some nights she'll sneak down to my office and steal ink pens or paper or even my wallet once and stash it under her pillow. No clue why, but she does it once every couple months. None of that is intended for kids, but they still get them.
Now I'm sure people could argue to lock the office or hell, lock the kid in her room. But the truth is, kids are going to do shit that you can't plan for. If it looks interesting, they are going to find a way to get to it. I've found the little step stools that are in the bathrooms for washing hands in other rooms to reach up higher. If you are just one parent that is home it's not like you can stick your kids in a crate if you need to use the bathroom for a few minutes.
There's just some behavior that they'll do that you can't account or plan for. Which really has nothing to do with the banning of these things...but I digress...parents can't stop everything from happening.
What would you do with prescription meds? Cleaners? Guns? I would do the same thing with anything that could kill my children.
It's this lazy "I can't stop them" attitude that is causing this problem. When I was 4, I knew not to go into my parents things, I would have gotten my ass beat.
Not sure about Buckey Balls, but other magnets yes.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06127.html
Some nights she'll sneak down to my office and steal ink pens or paper or even my wallet once and stash it under her pillow. No clue why, but she does it once every couple months. None of that is intended for kids, but they still get them.
I digress...parents can't stop everything from happening.
Don't have guns in the house. Cleaners are kept about 6' off the ground in a shelf. Drugs are even higher up. I don't even own these things. Problem is that many people don't understand the health risks of magnets and it's only gaining some attention as of late. People think of magnets as toys and not something that can mangle your intestines if swallowed. Frankly I wouldn't have really thought about magnets being as dangerous as they are had my wife not told me about a couple cases she was working with at her job.
And as far as 4 year olds not knowing where to go...yeah most of them know not to go there. But they still do. And you likely did as well. It's just the nature of being a kid.