Pediatricians are calling for warning labels on foods that can be choking hazards, like hot dogs. This ridiculous suggestion is indicative of what is wrong with our society today.
We suffer from warning label overload which causes people not to read them. Any parent that picks up a package and is smart enough to read the labels and understand them is already smart enough to know that their young child could choke on the hot dog. Parents who are too busy to cut up their young child’s food are too busy to read the warning label. Warning labels on the packages won’t save lives.
Where has the personal/parental responsibility gone? Parents should know that they need to cut up large foods for their young children to eat- I see it every day at restaurants and friends’ homes. What’s next? Should stove manufacturers be required to display labels warning that ovens could get hot and burn children? Should we ask mother nature to put warning labels on grapes?
We need to start trusting ourselves again and not legislating proper parenting. Manufacturers should be immune from lawsuit if their product was properly made – hot dog companies should not be liable if a child chokes on their “high risk” food.
