Toy dangers...

I know I am not a parent but I used to be a child back in the 70’s and early 80’s. Kids today are wimps and wusses! All this talk about toy dangers and recalls just makes me laugh. I remember the toys that I had. Big metal dump trucks with sharp edges that would eventually rust but we kept playing with them. Remember the Jack-in-the-Box? Today they are made of boring plastic but the one I had was a large metal box. The Jack would not pop out of the box after a few cranks of the handle. No No! He would eject from the box like an F16 fighter pilot. I also had a small airplane that I would play with all the time. The nose of the plane was so sharp that I cut myself several times. I guess I was smart enough not to eat my Lego’s and not ingest my coveted Light Bright accessories. I use to crush matchbox cars in the iron vice in the garage. The vice was a good 50 lbs and was sitting loose on the work bench. It never fell on me!! I survived all these toy dangers. Today’s children will never know the joy of harmful toys and that is a shame. I am all about keeping kids safe but come on! I remember hanging my brother in a tree in the front yard…he survived. Perhaps we should outlaw trees and rope. Just give them a circle of paper and safety scissors. Everything is dangerous in one way or another. What doesn’t kill only makes us stronger.