mandies post =]

having 2 nephews under the age of 6 i am personsally terrified by all this toy recall stuff. its awful that that i need to be worried about everything i give them to play with and everything they are already playing with. every once and a while a manufacturer makes a mistake and i guess thats kind of understandable but this amount of recalls is outrageous and make me second guess everything im going to buy this holiday season. we need to start making our own toys and have them thoroughly inspected and tested very carefully before released to such little kids. if we are going to import toys from other countries they also need to be looked at and made sure are safe to play with. kids being this young dont understand what they can and cant put in their mouths, they dont understand whats dangerous or not, parents have enough to deal with when raising kids already that this is just an added stress. its hard to truly create a totally safe enviornment for them and you would really like to think that these products would be approved and fully tested before theyre put on the market. recalls are good because they get the word out and warn parents but it shouldnt have to get that far, at that point the damage is already done.