Again this year, though, concerned parents can turn to a valuable resource to ensure that holiday presents promote peace, not pandemonium. Several toys on this list are marketed to children under 10, even though they are based on video games, movies and television programs that are rated as appropriate only for teens or adults.
Toy manufacturers claim they have children's best interests at heart.
This is not a level playing field. This past February, TMA President David Miller publicly committed at Toy Fair to begin work on such guidelines. Since that time, unfortunately, no proposals or initiatives have been forthcoming from the nation's toy industry.