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7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled. 12 kids were cut or stabbed playing with them. (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Wilshire@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"the hard-plastic fin may cause lacerations should a child fall on the bath toy."

While obviously not untrue, the same could be said about a lot of other children's toys, no?

[–] CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I've begun sharpening my kids' toys intentionally, to teach them valuable lessons in how fragile the human body truly is!

But seriously, yeah you aren't wrong. Kids will always find a way to injure themselves. Mine usually use gravity, by climbing the couch and then jumping off the wrong end, etc.

[–] LootGoblin42@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Kids are always coming up with creative ways to seriously hurt themselves.

[–] weml@suppo.fi 3 points 1 year ago

Probably not about a lot of bath toys, though?