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So I was doing the regular weekend tour of the playground when someone handed me a card and offered Felix a balloon (pink- his choice). The card was an invitation to a Green Toy Party at which I would be able to purchase items not made in China, made of organic materials, with non-lead paints, safe wood, phthalate-free rubber, and are in other ways wholesome, or at least not dangerous.
Is this a thing these days? Is this how responsible parents do their Christmas shopping?
The invitation assures me that this is not the equivalent of a phthalate-free Tupperware party, but the distinction between the two eludes me a bit, in part because I don't really object to Tupperware parties even though I've never been to one. (Truth be told, I've never been invited to one either.)
Anyway, I'm entirely in favor of safety and reasonably pro-wholesome (though someone who consumes as many Red Hots and Necco wafers as I do would be a bit of a hypocrite to call herself virtuous) but I'm also a cynic who wonders a bit if the fears of Chinese-made toys aren't providing opportunities for people interested in making a buck.
There's nothing wrong with that either, of course, and I'm not immune to anxiety-based shopping but I am a bit tired of being told to worry. Frankly, ever since the government tried to get me to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting I've been sick of it.
Will I go to this thing? I don't know. It depends on whether or not I want to spring for and can secure a babysitter for the evening. But that is another story entirely.
(And here I will mention but not comment further on the fact that the balloon Felix got when I was handed the invitation was probably not organic and if the lunatic who taught our infant CPR and safety class is to be believed, is a safety nightmare.
Oh. And I also won't comment further on now crappy I felt when I was doing something brusque with the stroller and I snapped the string, which let the Toxic Balloon escape. And don't wag those fingers; I have been picking up extra trash on dog walks as penance. It's an annoying world we live in.)
posted by Elise at 8:07 AM
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