{"id":17870,"date":"2009-12-11T09:14:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T14:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=17870"},"modified":"2009-12-11T07:35:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T12:35:25","slug":"alternative-toy-safety-warning-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/12\/11\/alternative-toy-safety-warning-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Toy Safety Warning Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua B. (of <a href=\"http:\/\/jackbootedliberal.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jack-Booted Liberal<\/a>) let us know about a post at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.make-digital.com\/make\/vol07\/?pg=187\" target=\"_blank\">Make<\/a> about alternative toy warning labels they&#8217;d like to see. Dale Dougherty says,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;American kids are raised in an overly cautious manner, out of fear that they might get hurt, and we are limiting their ability to explore a wider range of experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposed warning labels:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17868 aligncenter\" title=\"Picture 1\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-1-500x239.png\" alt=\"Picture 1\" width=\"490\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-1-500x239.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-1.png 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17869 aligncenter\" title=\"Picture 2\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-2-500x227.png\" alt=\"Picture 2\" width=\"492\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-2-500x227.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-2.png 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17871 aligncenter\" title=\"Picture 3\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-3-500x192.png\" alt=\"Picture 3\" width=\"497\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-3-500x192.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2009\/12\/Picture-3.png 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The labels highlight the fact that we worry about some threats to children but not others, and also the way that the potential dangers of toys are often exaggerated (&#8220;Studies have shown that these toys&#8230;produce uniformly underperforming children who later become credit card abusers.&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Not that I advocate letting your kid play with a plastic bag. But a giant appliance box with some catalogs to cut pictures out of and glue on as decoration? Best. Toy. Ever.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2009\/09\/12\/consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood\/\">the commercialization of childhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua B. (of Jack-Booted Liberal) let us know about a post at Make about alternative toy warning labels they&#8217;d like to see. Dale Dougherty says, &#8230;American kids are raised in an overly cautious manner, out of fear that they might get hurt, and we are limiting their ability to explore a wider range of experience. 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