Recently, many videos of primary and secondary school students using radish knives to "compete" everywhere quickly became popular on the Internet. The reporter learned that in addition to radish knives, toys with potential safety hazards such as styrofoam, laser pointers, and fried bags are still popular among many primary and secondary school students. How to help children identify the "poisonous toys" and develop healthy toy habits? The reporter made a visit.
"Now there are not only turnip knives, but also some new gadgets, such as banana knives and butterfly knives, which children also love." The reporter walked into a stationery store in Jianye District, Nanjing, and found that there were not only the hottest radish knife toys, but also new similar toys such as banana knives and luminous butterfly knives, with prices ranging from 5-10 yuan. Even in many online stores, the sales of the radish knife has reached more than 100,000. Some professionals have found that toys such as radish knives are not without "lethality", and with a little force, they can be poked into apples.
In addition to turnip knives, there are also some silicone mud toys popular among primary and secondary school students, such as styrofoam, kneading music and so on. The reporter randomly bought a kneading toy, checked the packaging bag and found that there was no product production information, opened the silicone mud toy, and a pungent smell came to the face. Wash your hands with water after use, the smell is still difficult to eliminate.
"Children like to play, and after playing, they often take things and eat without washing their hands, which feels very unhygienic." Ms. Liu, a parent who is accompanying her child to a stationery store, said that her children especially like these colorful gelatinous toys, like jelly, which can be kneaded and pressed casually, but they all have a clear pungent smell.
Some industry experts believe that when buying such toys, pay attention to the product ingredient manual, some kneading products may have volatile organic compounds TVOC, xylene exceeding the standard and other potential hazards, which is not beneficial to the human body.
In addition to toys such as banana knives and pinching music, toys such as fried bags and children's tattoo stickers are also popular among some elementary school students. The reporter found in a large online shopping platform that many stores sell fried packets for less than five cents, the ingredients are soda and citric acid powder, when you press the soda package, shake it once or twice and throw it out, it will explode. Although the merchant labels that the ingredient is non-toxic and harmless, it is still impossible to predict the impact of the explosion under different temperatures, external forces and other effects.
"Primary and secondary school students like to follow the trend and buy toys, mostly due to the psychological influence of herds." Li Huaxi, a psychological counselor for children and adolescents, told reporters that taking radish knives as an example, if students often "test" each other with radish knives, in the long run, it may form harmful psychological guidance, which is not conducive to the mental health of adolescents and children. "Adolescents and children are young, have a strong herd mentality, weak scientific judgment, and have repeatedly 'stabbed' people with turnip knives, which may even provoke children's violent tendencies."
In fact, there are also national unified standards for children's toy manufacturing. According to the Mandatory National Standards for Children's Toys, all products and materials designed or intended for use by children under 14 years of age are defined as children's toys. The mandatory national standards in the field of toys are basically complete, and the standards consider the safety requirements under normal use and foreseeable reasonable abuse, avoid children's harm to the greatest extent, and effectively protect children's health and safety. There are relevant general requirements in the mechanical and physical properties of toys, flammability properties, migration of specific elements, etc.
According to the requirements of the mainland toy safety mandatory standards, the chemical substances exposed to normal use and abuse test of children's toy products should not have a negative impact on human health. In particular, chemical play toys must not contain substances that can cause explosion due to chemical reactions or heating.
"Internet celebrity toys spread very quickly among primary and secondary school students, and timely home-school guidance is necessary." Li Huaxi believes that it is understandable for primary and secondary school students to use toys to decompress, nor can it be banned "one-size-fits-all", but should be scientifically guided. Parents should identify the toys purchased by their children, and to get a toy, the first thing to see is whether it has a national compulsory product certification, that is, the "CCC" mark. Secondly, look at whether there is safety warning information such as age on the outer packaging of the product, and do not buy toys with characteristics such as clear production information, pungent odor, and too sharp corners on the packaging.
"Of course, the most important thing is to teach young children to distinguish what harmful behavior is, many objects are potentially harmful, but whether it will ultimately have an impact depends on the user's cognitive and behavioral judgments." Therefore, it is necessary to scientifically guide adolescents and children to develop healthy behavioral judgment ability in order to avoid harm. ”
Xinhua Daily Junction reporter Cheng Xiaolin