I came across this Candy Floss making machine being promoted as a TOY for kids!! A toy that rots teeth, contributes to obesity and shoots sugar in high doses to kids making them hyperactive. Thats just what us parents need.
Does it provide any educational benefits? Improve motor skills - maybe; coz the little ones will have to learn how to move a stick in a circle to catch the floss. Maybe it will teach them entreprenuership skills if they set-up their toy on their local street corner and sell it $1 a stick.
Can you oicture it? Your kid will be holed up in his room day in day out churning candy floss for themselves and their buddies to consume the whole day long. A veritable candy floss buffet!
It just shows that some toy manufacturers are just coming up with toys and products just to make a buck. There's no thought given towards the welfare, wellbeing, developement or health of the child. Social responsibility be damned.
Don't get me wrong. If the product was marketed at parents, as a special treat that they can make during parties or family gatherings, thats fine. Adults have the right to rot their own teeth if they wish....but for the ad to target specifically at kids.....tsk tsk.
The candy floss maker was probably invented by a dentist. Thats what I call entreprenueship!
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