A Prime Example Of Rad Parenting

The execution was disgraceful. Yeah, explain to us what this has to do with parenting again? Or is this just another attempt to take a dig at social issue completely removed from what's being discussed?

What kind of parent allows their kid to partake in such an activity?

A parent who made a bad choice or an activist parent.

Doesn't automatically mean that they are a bad parent, just stupid.

A better example of bad parenting.

Video looks to be taken down but I hear it was pretty bad.

I certainly condemn people who sell out their kids out to politics.

Half-assed [+]. We have our "secret" hide-out, and it definitely isn't P&R.

To gain entrance you must invoke the spirit of Uncle Porkchop, harness the metaphorical hornets, and ponder the conundrum of 'The Saga of Stinkbombfrige'. Quality winter coat inquiries for tots are welcome, and knowing the ratio of chamomile tea to water for soothing colds and teething is a bonus.

Gardening and DIY are occasionally discussed also.



It might be boring to you anyway.

I certainly condemn people who sell out their kids out to politics.

Using children to protest: crosses from left to right on the political spectrum covering all issues.

A lot of interesting and relevant stuff.....

Meanwhile, Call of Duty and GTA V are just as bad as the removed figures, if not worse, yet are still being sold at TRU locations.

The way this "woman" reacted to the figures merely being there, in their own separate little section of the store, speaks volumes to me.
It tells me she was aware of where she and her child were, within the store. She took the time to read the packaging, instead of ushering her child out of that section. It almost seems like she remembered she had her child there as an afterthought, instead of what the child was potentially being exposed to being in the forefront of her mind and making her rush the child away to another section of the store.
Even if she was just passing by on her way to another section, no one told her she absolutely had to go through the adult collectors aisle to get to where she wanted to be.

Now, if she was actually doing her job as a parent, there'd be better ways she could've handled it. She could've explained to her child that a meth cook is a bad type of person and the exact reasons why, turning it into a teaching moment. She could've turned back and went through another aisle, keeping her kid out of the adults only section entirely. Either way she wouldn't have had to get her jimmies rustled over nothing. She did, however, and in doing so forced the chain to conform to her misguided world view "in order to protect my special little snowflake".
Eeyeah. Hello, lady! Your kid probably goes to public school! Like he or she doesn't know what a meth cook is already, or a drug dealer, or a convict, or a terrorist, or a gangster! She's doing nothing towards the problem except making it worse.
Now other stores are considering pulling the figure line, themselves, before other parents take up her call of "all to protect my special little snowflake"! If I honestly hear one more misguided "parent" say that in my immediate vicinity, that person has earned his or her punch in the mouth.

Lets do an analysis on the business situation then.

Candlejack, prior to the decision, on average, how much money did you spend at Toys R' Us per month? Per year? What did you buy from there? Who were you shopping for? Why? Are there products that you can only get there? Did you buy similar products in other stores?

There is a point to this post, so I ask you to please respond to it so I can make my point.

THE NERVE!! We should start a petition to stop Walgreens from selling vibrators and other adult-oriented healthcare products!!
I just hope KN understands where we'd be going with that, however.

Girls can get their periods as young as 11. You think its fine to place a vibrator next to a product that an 11 year old might be looking up? Most girls have their periods by 15, do you think a 15 year old should have access to a vibrator?
Teen pregnancy and an over-sexualized youth population don't exist, right?
Why stop at Vibrators, why not some handcuffs and kinky lingerie? That will sell.

So is it ok for Toys'r'us to have a adult section for 18 and up (or 21 and up, whatever the legal adult age is in your country), to sell sex toys?

I haven't been in a Toys'r'us for years, but my impression is that it's a place for lots of kids to roam around and play with things. For a parent to be concerned about the kind of content their children may find in there isn't too surprising.

While you can say she's being over protective, there's probably a certain degree of responsibility on the business, targeting at young kids, to think about what they sell and how they sell them.

If their "15 and up" section is guarded by staff and stopping little kids from going in there then maybe it makes sense.

To say this is bad parenting is harsh. I'd say it's bad parenting if she finds that her kid is selling drugs and blame it on this toy. But all i see is a concerned mother, and she may or may not be over the top on her response to this depending on your views.

ITs not that they have a sign that says 18 only... The Aisle is filled with all the MATURE toys. ITs not like SPAWN is next to the barbies.

I have collected toys for 20 years Im not a expert by any means but TRU is not at ANY fault here. Like I said I was carded for buying Mature rated toys and it is also up to the Teen at the resgister to notice this and not sell to a child. MY TRU has all MATURE games locked in a glass case and it would be a good idea to do the same with some of these figures I don't disagree with that part.
Taking the toys away IMO is not the answer to keep your kids from what some may deem inappropriate toys because again ALOT of these toys are bought by adults.

KN, next time you go in there to shop for your niece and nephew, do us all a favor and actually snoop around the aisles. Get a feel for the whole store, aside from maybe the two or three aisles total you might normally visit. Does it still sell Barbie, Lego and G.I Joe? Yes. However, I guarantee if you look around long enough, you'll find Game of Thrones, Power Rangers Legacy (die-cast Zords, Morphers, Dragon Dagger, ALL aimed at the age 15+ crowd, don't ask how I'm so well-versed in that), the Hasbro Masterpiece (MP) line of Transformers based on the old G1 designs, toylines offered by Mezco, Neca, Bandai Tamashii Nations, Revoltech, Max Factory...
Seeing these around is the tell-tale signs you've set foot into your local TRU's adult collectors area, and as sefalon has stated, I can also verify it... they WILL ask you to present a valid state-issued photo id to purchase these figures. As amazing as it sounds, they'll card you for MP Megatron, just as much as they'll card you for GTA V. It's their policy not to sell these items to people under 15 years of age.
You'd give your niece a $15-$20 dollar Barbie doll in whatever flavor of the month Mattel currently has on offering on TRU's shelves. You WOULDN'T, however, give your niece a $60-$120 S.H MonsterArts figure that happens to be exceedingly fragile if handled with the hamhands most young'uns tend to have with toys. There's a clear, differential line separating what you'd buy to pose and display on a shelf, and what you'd buy to give to the likes of your son, daughter, niece, nephew, or younger cousin to pacify them for a few hours. But... You're an outsider, obviously, to the hobbyist adult toy collector lifestyle, so you wouldn't understand any of that.

Good sexual health actually encourages teenagers to DO WHAT THIS IS FOR for many reason, in men lowers chances of prostate cancer (I'm not saying at 11 it's normal because honestly I wouldn't know when a girl would explore that side of themselves as we all develop differently) so this seems short sighted.

I get where you're coming from but there's bigger contributing factors to oversexualised Youth than Masturbation and Sex Toys. try TV, but I don't see you getting righteous over that ***so Pipe down.

Kinky Lingerie would be for them entertaining a Man or Woman, it wouldn't have a lot to do with them using a Vibrator at "mid teen" age.

Now if you don't mind I am going to boycott this thread as it's touching on issues that are very sensitive and could be seen as Sexist if you start saying women can't explore their sexuality from a young age through use of Aids but Men can. Because that's how it's looking to someone!