![]() ![]() ![]() The country of all goodness and deliciousness had found that squishies were toxic. The gorgeous and hilarious body-positive comedian Sofie Hagen. Need examples? Prince Frederick and “our” Princess Mary. That’s right, Denmark: the home of everything good. Argh!īut, unlike most sources that cry “toxic”, such as unqualified wellness influencers, this information was from a reputable source: the Danish Government. It was there, beaming from my laptop in black and white pixels: “Squishies toxic”. One of the first hits was every parents’ nightmare: the word “toxic” following the name of the toy. And the night I bought my kids squishies, you guessed it, I googled squishies. The night before that, I googled “subversive cross stitch”, because I love those cross stitch samplers that say rude things like “Go Sit On A Cactus”. Last night, I HAD to know if Penn Badgley from You and Gossip Girl had kids. Once my kids were asleep, it was that time of the night when I google random things. (Okay, yes, I’m probably a helicoptery, panicky mum.) So I put their squishies on the other side of their rooms as they slept.Ī post shared by Carla Gee on at 3:32am PDT That bad smell couldn’t be good for them to inhale all night, and I wouldn’t want the foam to sit on their face and suffocate them. That night, my kids wanted to cuddle their squishies in bed, and again, I had an inkling that I didn’t want them to, but I wasn’t sure why. To me, it seemed as though the scent was covering something up – or that the scent was a problem in itself. So why were some squishies fragranced with good smells, and others with bad ones? It didn’t make sense. But I also remembered that some squishies are scented like food, such as strawberries and bubblegum. The sort of smell that stings your nose and makes your eyes water.Īt the time, it did make sense that something should be done so that people don’t mistakenly eat their squishies, as they do resemble actual food. On each squishy packet, there was a warning that each squishy had been intentionally fragranced with a bad smell, so as to deter pets and humans from eating them. ![]() ![]() It’s just that I noticed that the skin on my own hands felt a bit different after playing with the squishy, as though some residue was left on them – like when you run your hands through your hair after it’s had hairspray and other products in it. I realised that something was up, though, when I felt that maybe we should scrub our hands more than usual before we ate, because we’d been playing with the squishies. We had dinner with the kids’ grandparents that night, and we squished our squishies as we waited for the food. Each squishy was very cheap (around $3 to $5) and easy to find at our local shopping centre. When my kids told me they wanted squishies, I happily went with them to the shops to buy some. The squishy took off as a trend thanks to videos on social media of people playing with these adorable, tactile toys. When you squeeze a squishy, it feels like you’re grabbing a giant marshmallow that slowly re-inflates. A squishy often resembles something “kawaii” (the Japanese word for “cute”), such as an ice cream, unicorn or rainbow poo, usually with an adorable little face on it. You’ve probably seen them at the shops – they are like bigger, cuter and softer stress balls. “Squishies” have been the big toy trend of the past eighteen months. Usually, I can keep the scaremongering at bay with a good dose of common sense.īut what happens when a respected government agency finds that your kid’s favourite toy contains high concentrations of harmful chemicals? Well, you freak out and decide that everyone needs to hear about it – and that’s what happened the day that I bought my kids some “squishies”. Being a parent in 2019 means constantly worrying that the world is toxic. ![]()
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