and then we wonder why our children are

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-11-2005
and then we wonder why our children are
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Fri, 06-03-2005 - 12:44pm

so confused about violence.

Has anyone seen the old craze has come back from the 80's? They're called the "Garbage Pail Kids".

My almost 10 year olds went with two friends to a local "Kasey's" nearby, and came back with these trading cards, stickers and tattoos, that were disgusting. And I don't mean gross like boogers, etc. I mean... violent cartoons of a javelen going through one of their bodies(that was the tattoo), brain's being grinded like sausages, gunshot wounds, etc. VERY VERY violent cartoons that are the market for kids.

SHouldn't someone be saying something to this company about how violent they are to kids?
I went through all of my kids cards, and threw away the "violent ones". THey were mad, but I explained to them that they weren't appropriate.

What do you think?

Here's the website that I found today on them. The brain grinding one is there. But not the other graphic ones.

http://www.garbagepailkids.com/

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-28-2003
Fri, 06-03-2005 - 4:42pm

Trading cards probably won't confuse a child about violence.

Seeing it happen at home will.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-11-2005
Fri, 06-03-2005 - 9:15pm
This is true. But I doubt by showing children pictures of javelin's through their guts is very good stimulator???????