It was little Mary Jane Levick’s birthday. As you can see by the tiny tot with the big card above, she was turning 2 years old, so her loving grandfather, Steve Lock, picked her up an appropriate card. “2 Today,” the card reads on front. In the middle of the card is a sheet of tot-friendly stickers they can peel and apply. Flip the card over, and the back features an ominous warning: this second birthday card not intended for children under three. Say what?!
“The card had a big number two on the front,” said Lock, from Fremington, Devon. “I was so amazed, I had to get two people to read it to be sure of what it said. It’s unbelievable. I suppose a child could peel a sticker off but how could they harm themselves with it, other than try and eat the whole sheet?”
That seems like a good question, one spokesman Barry Hartog from Clinton Cards, the card’s manufacturer, couldn’t really answer. Instead, he shifted the blame. “A card is for display, not a toy. It is suitable to be given to a two-year-old to be displayed on a mantelpiece but it is not suitable for a two-year-old to play with. We had one similar case and took it up with Trading Standards. They are happy with the labeling.”
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