Did you grow up with dangerous toys like Tinker Toys?

oh yes i did do you rember clackers it was two glass balls on a rope that you clack together god you miss your knuckles hurt a couple days lol

i guess i never really thought about it that way but you do have a valid point. i guess it has to be played with by kids that understand not to do such things? i do remember them but never really liked them to be honest.

I remember Tinker Toys and Pickup sticks. I always thought these were interesting. The problem became when parents quit paying attention to their kids so much when all of these problems started and kids started sticking each other in the eyes, etc. But then again, gone are a lot of the Toys and such I remember from back when I or my younger brothers and sisters, and even nephew grew up with.

If I could find them, I'd buy them for my grandkids!! They were great toys!! In fact, I DID buy them pick-up-sticks. They encouraged creativity. And, Lincoln Logs!! FABULOUS!!! There isn't anything in this world that isn't dangerous if used badly or without supervision. We can't protect ourselves into oblivion. My mother almost cut her foot in half as a child by sliding off seed bags onto a sickle - they could bend her foot back until the toes touched the shin. In today's world, my grandfather would have been charged with neglect. The man wasn't neglectful - she was a child behaving like a child. That doesn't mean we never have to watch our kids or stop them if they're doing something risky. It just means that there is nothing in life that can fully guarantee safety. I mean, clumps of blue ice drop from the skies through roofs - even doing nothing dangerous can get you killed. Let's let kids be kids. My only seatbelt as a child was my mother's arm - and I stood next to her on the seat!!

Tinker Toys dangerous? Now thats a funny thought. :) Many people are so paranoid about everything when it comes to children's toys. What about worrying more about household cleaners, or the child falling off a chair or down the stairs? I think there would be more risk with every day items than with a Tinker Toy. Too many children live in "plastic bubbles" anymore. Let them have fun, play and worry about the real things to watch for... like the child molester living across from the childs school perhaps?

I loved those toys and I was very safe! And the lead gosh, they probably had more lead back then than now.

I did and we all turned out ok. Sometimes I think they get carried away, because of lawsuits they may get.

I chewed on window sills (lead paint) and rode a bike with no helmet or pads. Pogo sticks. Went swimming and boating with out life jackets and rode in a car with no seat belt. It is amazing to me that I am still alive! I played with Barbie and didn't become anorexic. Pick up sticks too! And the biggy....... I ate dirt! Wow maybe this explains alot.....

Yes I had a few toys like monkeys in a barrel and like you said pick up sticks and a few cars and baby dolls. I don't really remember anyone worring about toys back then like they do now. I also don't remember any warning labels on them. Times have changed that's for sure.

Oh my Goodness beauty I think if we thought that way we would never have our children out of cotton wool! I grew up with pogo sticks, roller skates , skateboards you name it and my kids do very similar! Most anything in nearly all normal households could be used by our kids to hurt themselves - it is about teaching them what is safe and what isn't! xxx

I had a walker, as a baby, and those are considered very dangerous now. My sister is probably one of the babies that caused manufacturers to rethink that idea, as she fell down the stairs and landed upside down while in one of those things, since she could move so fast in it. I understand that pick up sticks are sticks, which can be dangerous in a very small child's hands. But, I wouldn't consider them generally dangerous, since they are made for older children who can understand how they should play with them. And, yes I had those as a child, though I don't remember there being any accidents with them that resulted in any kind of injury. Metal trucks! I had a lot of metal trucks and cars, and those tend to have sharp edges. The adults even hurt themselves on those things. Pull toys used to have much longer strings attached to them, which proved dangerous in tiny hands who would insist on using them as a necklace. And, I remember having a couple of those. Other then that I really can't think of much. I know that a lot of the toys I grew up with are now considered dangerous, due to small parts or being made out of untreated wood, or long strings, or ... But, I can't think of which toys those were at the moment.

I think that kids need to learn common sense and life lessons the hard way sometimes. Just like most people my age learned not to touch a stove burner by putting their hands on a hot one. Lessons learned the hard way stick. Also, Tinker Toys are amazing. I remember playing with those for hours when I was a kid, and the worst injury that ever resulted was my mum tripping on them. If you think about it, there is nothing that is safe in the hands of a curious child. Kids need to learn from experience sometimes.

I grew up with lead paint, tap water, no baby monitor, those little baby walker things that tend to fall down stairs if you aren't watching. I could go on and on. It's amazing we have a new generation at all. We should have all been killed by all these dangerous things we had around. I remember telling my daughter's doctor she was was really wheeling around in her little walker and he was like "oh, no, you can't use them. They fall down stairs." I had to explain to him that I actually watched my daughter and didn't put her where she could get at the two stairs in my house. It must have been a new concept for him.

I remember all those fun toys that we had as kids! I never once thought about sticking a pick-up-stick in my eye or anyone else's eye for that matter. Me thinks we have turned into worry-warts here in this day and age. Heck you can't even give a kid a cardboard box to play with, they might get a paper cut LOL

Whats dangerous about tinker toys for petes sakes? I loved my tinker toys and never got hurt or scratched or any other crap like that. the world is a dangerous place but we do not hide in our beds we go out and work and p;lay and have fun. lets all quit worrying about non existant threats and have fun just living. oh dear so I got a sliver, or fell down and skinned my knee, or I got a speckof dirt in my eye, so what? that is life, we either' live it or we just exist and I for one would rather live it to the fullest, slivers and all. lol lol lol.

i remember playing with tinker toys...not so much with pick up sticks. yeah they can be dangerous in certain situations. my question would be "what kind of parent doesn't supervise their kids enough playing with certain things that those things become dangerous? just a thought.