Yeah.... I kind of agree. Sad as it is, there is no control policy for knowing whether or not handmade things are safe for babies. Mathilda has a knit doll that we gave her thinking it was fine, and she hadn't even had it 5 min before she was ripping it's "hair" out (the hair was just knitted eyelash type yarn) and EATING it. And we, her knowledgeable awareness, had checked that thing over!
Commercially available toys have to pass safety standards and n be recalled if someone discovers a problem, so they don't have this problem, KWIM?
Also: recipients of these gifts overall tend to be a less-educated, less-aware demographic of society, and less able to catch these kinds of problems....
Beautiful safe homemade gifts are DA BOMB but unfortunately there is a lot of room for bad judgement and if Toys for Tots got sued because they gave a kid a handmade gift and the kid choked on a glued-on button eyeball, Toys for Tots would be out of business permanently.
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Commercially available toys have to pass safety standards and n be recalled if someone discovers a problem, so they don't have this problem, KWIM?
Also: recipients of these gifts overall tend to be a less-educated, less-aware demographic of society, and less able to catch these kinds of problems....
Beautiful safe homemade gifts are DA BOMB but unfortunately there is a lot of room for bad judgement and if Toys for Tots got sued because they gave a kid a handmade gift and the kid choked on a glued-on button eyeball, Toys for Tots would be out of business permanently.