The list of the top toys that should be avoided for a variety of reasons, choking, strangulation, impact and ingestion. It is up to the parents to decide and watch over what they give their own children. We played with rocks and sticks, threw rocks at each other, fell out of trees, stepped on nails, rode our bikes in the DDT mosquito foggers. We had lawn darts, huge metal tipped projectiles that we threw at each other. We smashed neon lights while using them as swords.
I don't ever remember any of my friends getting seriously injured, cuts and bruises, never trips to the hospital. Kids are being treated as wimps by over protected parents and agencies. The biggest risk these days is a result of worldwide trade with countries like China that produce lead based everything. If you want to fix this, buy home based products, support your own country.
