I don't expect children to do anything, but if your hobby shop owner had any business sense, she would have told the lady that all the items returned had easily obtainable non-toxic substitutes. Carry what the people want. As for me, this is my hobby. I exposed my kids to it and taught them how to build all kinds of models safely using toxic substances. It taught them that they had to treat everything they're not familiar with, with respect and caution. By the way, they're adults now and have no interest in trains or any other crafts. That's OK. In the grand scheme, trains aren't even on the list of life's most important things. It's just a hobby.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine --- On Wed, 10/20/10, cfborg100 <[email protected]> wrote: From: cfborg100 <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Children in MRR To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 8:52 AM To pick up on a theme in recent posts... How do we expect children to get involved in model railroading when all the products say, "Not intended for children under the age of 14"? I was discussing this last week with one of the owners of my local hobby shop and she said this was having an impact on their sales. For example, she just had a mother bring back a bunch of paint and glue because it all had state of California cancer warnings and she didn't want her child playing with toxic materials. Chris Borgmeyer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
