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I was shocked when I read this story yesterday. Because we have children, or we have friends with children, I decided to post today this information to spread the word around.
A few word about what happened: a 3-year old girl swallowed 37 (!) buckyballs, which had her intestines ruptured. The girl had an emergency surgery to repair damaged intestines. Poor little girl!
I decide to participate in the action "Spread the word" - small magnets are dangerous and should be kept away from young children who might swallow them. In fact, the CPSC warns that high powered magnet sets, like BuckyBalls, should be kept away from children under age 14 years". Source
What do you think?
Until next time,
Cowboy Country Vegetarian
Definitely! Where were the parents? Although I have no kids so I probably can't talk, but still!
ReplyDeleteThe situation is very unclear to me... Yes, you can talk, even if you don't have kids, you have your opinion. And thanks for it!
DeleteThis is awful! I have small kids and will definetely not buy these! Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI think, the best practice is to teach kids a word "NO" so they know what they can play with and what is No play for them because you can't protect them 24/7 as much as you try. And of course, watching them is our job as a parents.
Deleteoh my we have to be very careful with things like this thank you for sharing
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DeleteI hadn't heard that but we did just recently throw out a bunch of small magnets just in case they were to fall off the fridge. That's just awful!
ReplyDeleteIt may be a solution for now, later as parents we come to realization that we can't through everything away, so it is important part of our parenting to teach them what No means. And watch them.
DeleteOuch! The poor thing, that sounds so painful! :(
ReplyDeleteyes, I feel bad for this little girl...
DeleteWhen my son was younger, I constantly had him with me around the house while I was doing housework! Everybody thought I was a bit exaggerating, but it is better to be safe than sorry! Even now that he is 9 I check him regularly while in the house! I feel so sorry about the poor kid that went through all this because of the negligence of the parents!
ReplyDeleteKaterina, I know. I check on my soon to be 16 regularly, and I realized that this ages needs more supervision than they are smaller...
DeleteThank you for sharing this information. I have a 3 year old son whom I never keep my eyes off as well as my 11 year old girl. People say I'm over protective. I really could care less they're my children and its their safety that's most important.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, I overprotect mine almost 16 years old... :)
DeleteThanks for the info! We have two young ones, so appreciate that you shared the news!
ReplyDeleteI am glad it helps!
DeleteWhen my sons were little, they loved to play with Magnetix, building blocks that were magnets. The same kind of thing happened in the news...children eating the magnets. I got rid of all of them and won't have any small magnets in the house.
ReplyDeleteWow, bucky balls are fun but they can seriously damage your intestines
ReplyDeleteThey sure can. One can never be too careful around it.
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