MADE IN CHINA

Ever have a divine revelation? I am a believer in signs and being told by a higher being, we will say "God" (for the non believers in my life substitute your word for the higher being), what is the right choice. It all started in a whole different story. For the sake of time and your patience, I will get to this revelation and the signs pointing to it!

It all started about a year ago, when we were reading the side of a juicy juice box given out with kids meals and it said the apples were China apples. Wayne busted out in his infinite wisdom, "Well, duh, all things are made in China!" Clue number one taken.

A few months later, I bought a stuffed animal for my daughter from Toys R Us, after letting her love on it and look at it, my husband noticed a warning label. Not only was the item made in China, and good for children 0- adult, it had a label that said it COULD contain LEAD! Wow, really, so our kids get blood work to make sure they are not exposed to lead from old houses, but it is ok to sell toys with lead if there is a warning label? WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!! Clue Number 2, taken and received loud and clear!

As I started to look at things around our house, and thinking about how many toys are recalled because of lead found in them, it hit me, China has no standard, all of the toys we grew up with that were made in the USA are now outsourced to China. Exploring more, I realized, my son who is autistic, played with lots made in China, my daughter a little less.

Then there was the silly band craze. I had a dream that the Peoples Republic of China were slowly poisoning our kids through the silly bands slowly making the entire US population sterile while laughing at finding a way to make the most self absorbed and dumbest population become extinct. (Nice trick, God, attack the subconscious, clue 3, received).

Recently, My uncle sent out a mass email about clearing out of your house what was made in China and replacing it with American made or just doing with out... How subtle are you, God? Clue 4,heard, laughed at, and then listened to!!

Then I went shopping, well registering. I looked at every single toy in Babies R US, not a single toy was made in the US in fact all of them were made in CHINA! I am not sure when America became part of the Chinese Republic, but I do not want my child poisoned or made less of a person than he was when he was born because of the environmental factors the leaders of our country seem to ignore! (I not only hear you, but am with you God!)

So, I am now on a quest, to stop supporting China and start supporting hard working Americans, to stop supporting big business that sells out and start support small businesses who care, to ignore what the alphabet soup offices and politicians try to tell me is safe, and to do what my heart, and God is telling me is right and healthy for my kids. For those of you who have kids, keep this in mind when you buy your next toy: A toy made in China is made in a sweat shop by people who do not care and the materials are the cheapest they can find, even if they contain harmful chemicals; furthermore, for a toy to be made in the USA it has to be mostly manufactured in the United States, and meet our standards of safe materials. Now, ask yourself this question, if it has to be made with the finest materials to be made here, why doesn't it have to be made of the best to be sold here? This is my political statement for the week, Check into what your kids are playing with, I know I will!