Hot Topic (12/20): Are you giving your child bad presents?

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2009 "10 Worst Toys" List

W.A.T.C.H.'s annual "10 Worst Toys" list nominates representative toys with the potential to cause childhood injuries, or even death. W.A.T.C.H.'s annual "Toy Conference" has generated extensive national press and media coverage. Because of these efforts, and the positive response from both the media and the public, there have been many toy and product design changes. Founder Edward M. Swartz and W.A.T.C.H. have fearlessly exposed potentially dangerous toys to the general public. As a result, children’s lives have been saved. Click any link below to see the top 10 worse gifts for the 2009 season.

DISNEY-PIXAR WALL-E FOAM ROCKET LAUNCHER

MOON BOARD POGO BOARD

CURIOUS BABY CURIOUS GEORGE COUNTING – MY FIRST BOOK OF NUMBERS

THE DARK KNIGHT BATMAN FIGURE

X-MEN ORIGINS SLASHIN' ACTION WOLVERINE

LOTS TO LOVE BABIES – “mini nursery”

JUST KIDZ JUNIOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

CAT “rugged mini”

PUCCI PUPS MALTESE

SPY GEAR VIPER-BLASTER

Are any of these toys on your childrens lists?

[Brandie_xo]

none of those links work

[tericared]

None of those are under our tree.... 

[justgg]

ALL MY TEENS ARE GETTING A LUMP OF COAL!

[tericared]

Quoting justgg:

ALL MY TEENS ARE GETTING A LUMP OF COAL!

My 8 year old ask for coal every year, I thought it was cute one year I found chocolate wrapped like coal and put it in their stockings....

[LilrockerMama]

My brothers name is COLE and my son likes rocks and stuff so last year he was acting up and I told him he'd get reindeer poop =) it so worked. And then I got a plastic baggie and put mild duds in them. hehe. it was cute =)

Quoting tericared:

Quoting justgg:

ALL MY TEENS ARE GETTING A LUMP OF COAL!

My 8 year old ask for coal every year, I thought it was cute one year I found chocolate wrapped like coal and put it in their stockings....

[home-sweet-home]

We are not doing presents this year, so they are safe.

[cagnew80]

We are trying to de-emphasize the whole secular celebration of Christmas, so we are only giving them a couple things. Next year, we plan on one small gift for each kid and that's it. We don't want the focus to be on presents. I'm kind of excited about it :) I have all kinds of ideas to make the advent towards Christmas fun and exciting, while keeping the focus on the true reason for the holy-day.

Interesting list though! I almost bought those instruments... glad I put them back!

[morningdove831]

None of those presents are under my tree!  However, DS and I are focusing more on the true meaning of Christmas rather than presents.  He's getting a few things but he knows what is important. 

[cherry41089]

none of those our under of tree

[eaglemama2]

None of those, but they will be getting a bunch of XBox 360 games like Halo wars,  dvd's like Transformers 2, Halo wars legos, other games, etc , so some pretty cool stuff, lol.