Parents Lack Ability to Supervise Children with Party Bags

Poor Parenting Party Bag Ban:

In news that makes you want to bash your head against the wall, parents have been found to lack the ability to police the toys given to their own children. They are actually calling for tougher measures to be put into place regarding party bag toys.

Party bags are little plastic bags of tat, sweets and cake handed out at the end of a birthday party. If you are lucky, you might get invited to a party where the mum hands out beautifully wrapped children’s books and organic muffins instead.

But, and wait for it, a poll of 1,240 parents by ChannelMum.com, found that one in 20 parents have seen their child come a cropper by a toy, food or other ‘unsuitable’ gift in a party bag which they did not take away from their own child.

Due to these incidents, nine out of ten parents want ‘stringent safety regulations’ on items frequently put into the gift bags.

Problems were caused by allergic reaction to the food or confectionery included. A quarter said they found their child choking on an item included such as a toy, balloon or bouncy ball that they had failed to remove from their child.

And, bizarrely, one in fifty parents said they had seen a child choke on a pen lid.

A severe reaction to a temporary tattoo, paint or glitter as well as cuts from toys traumatised a further 24 per cent of parents.

Of the apparent lack of parenting skills leading to the choking, ChannelMum.com founder Siobhan Freegard said:

“It seems common sense is often forgotten in the rush of preparing for the party.”

“When making up the bags, check each type of toy before you add it in. If you wouldn’t be happy with your child playing with it normally, then simply don’t include it.”

A 28 per cent of ChannelMum users said they ‘forget to check if the bags they give out are safe’ and a quarter ‘don’t always make sure bags their child is gifted at other parties are acceptable.’

A 43 per cent did manage to supervise their child and removed items to keep their children safe.

St John Ambulance Head of Clinical Operations Alan Weir said: “We advise people to use common sense, take the age of the party-goers into account when choosing items and heed the warnings given on the products themselves.”

We reckon parents should just supervise their children, exercise some commonsense and send 28 per cent of ChannelMum.com users on an initiative test.

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