| As loving and responsible parents, you only want the | | | | slump the United States is suffering from now - the |
| best for your children. You want the best education | | | | fall of Wall Street stalwarts, increasing |
| your money can afford, the best upbringing your | | | | unemployment, rising food and gas costs and high |
| love can provide, and the best educational toys you | | | | mortgage foreclosure rates, to name a few |
| can find. In your love, you should always settle for | | | | disturbing indicators. It is up to each and every one |
| the best and the best are always American-made | | | | of us to help one another survive the economic |
| toys! Find out why. | | | | hardship. |
| Lead-Free | | | | Your purchase of American-made toys will go a long |
| If you will remember, millions of toys made in China | | | | way towards providing for employment for American |
| were recalled in 2007 due to high levels of lead. You | | | | toy makers and craftsmen. If you are going to spend |
| will recall, too, that these toys were produced for | | | | money on toys to help your children, then spend it |
| American toy companies by Chinese subcontractors, | | | | wisely on helping fellow Americans get back on their |
| which effectively make them non-American made | | | | feet. The influx of additional orders allow American |
| toys. | | | | toy makers to hire extra workers, expand |
| Imagine if you purchased these recalled toys and | | | | warehouses and base of operations, and contribute |
| your children were exposed to lead's harmful side | | | | more to the economy. |
| effects. Your children can develop cognitive and | | | | Leave a Legacy |
| developmental abnormalities such as learning and | | | | You will observe that mass-produced toys are usually |
| behavioral problems including attention deficit disorder. | | | | cheaper than handcrafted toys made in America. This |
| What you thought will help your children learn faster | | | | is because mass production allows for lower |
| can make them learn slower! | | | | manufacturing costs albeit sacrifices in quality are |
| You should be properly alarmed because lead is a | | | | made in the process, which includes flimsy materials, |
| sweet poison, which makes it all the more attractive | | | | lead paints, shoddy workmanship and other defects. |
| to small children. The worst part is that lead poisoning | | | | On the other hand, handcrafted American-made toys |
| in lower levels, as what happens in the case of | | | | demand higher prices because of the intensive labor |
| non-American made toys, has no visible symptoms. | | | | exerted, the high-quality materials like wood and |
| You could be happy with the cheap toy purchases | | | | lead-free paint used, and the thoughtful consideration |
| now but future consequences can be anything but | | | | poured into making each and every toy durable, |
| cheap! | | | | beautiful and educational. In fact, most toys made in |
| You can be sure that with toys made wholly in | | | | the United States are so durable that you can pass |
| America, you are providing for educational toys that | | | | them on to the next generation, much as your |
| are lead-free and therefore non-toxic. You can leave | | | | grandpa passed on your father's wooden train set to |
| your worries of lead ingestion and lead inhalation | | | | you! How is that for leaving a legacy in toys? |
| behind when it comes to toys manufactured by | | | | The bottom line: purchase only American-made toys, |
| Americans following American safety standards. | | | | which means toys made in the United States from |
| Economic Exigency | | | | US-made components. These are simply and |
| Let's face it. You are also experiencing the economic | | | | absolutely the best toys in the world! |