ʻEhia mau mea pāʻani ʻona e hoʻomanawanui ai nā mākua ma mua o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi a hoʻopau ʻia nā hoʻomanaʻo? I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe o mākou manaʻo. ʻO 2007 kahi makahiki i piha i ke koʻikoʻi no nā mākua o nā keiki liʻiliʻi, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ka Aquabeads, nā ʻōlelo aʻo e pili ana i nā mea magnet i nā mea pāʻani, a me ka hopohopo mau o ka ʻike ʻole inā ua haumia kēlā pāʻani ʻulaʻula me ke kēpau a i ʻole. He hana paʻakikī ko nā mākua me ka hopohopo ʻole o ka mea a mākou i manaʻo ʻole ai: ka palekana o kā mākou mau keiki ke pāʻani lākou ma lalo o kā mākou mākaʻikaʻi.
Nā mea a mākou i ʻike ai i nā mea pāʻani o 2007
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ʻO ka nūhou pāʻani nui i ka makahiki 2007 ʻo ia ka pena kepau a me ka ʻike kepau. Ma ʻAmelika a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina Komohana, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ka pena kepau no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, a ʻoiai ʻo nā hale kahiko e loaʻa mau ana ka pena kepau ma nā paia i kekahi manawa, ua hauʻoli mākou i nā mea a mākou e kūʻai ai ma nā hale kūʻai. Manaʻo mākou i nā mea hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai aku iā mākou i nā mea maikaʻi i palekana no nā kumu āpau - e like me ke komo ʻana i ka waha o kahi pēpē.
ʻO nā mea hoʻomanaʻo a pau, ʻo ka mea nalo nui loa a me ka haʻalulu nui loa ʻo Aquadots, nā ʻāpana plastik liʻiliʻi ʻano peʻa liʻiliʻi, i ka wā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, e hui pū ʻia e hana i nā ʻano ʻano geometric maikaʻi loa - e like me Lite Brite me ka ʻole o ka papa. Hōʻike ka noʻonoʻo maʻamau iā ʻoe, ke hāʻawi ʻia nā keiki me kahi mea pāʻani e pono ai ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana e hana pono ai, e hoʻohana lākou i ke kumu maʻalahi o ka wai: kuha. A ʻo ka noi maʻalahi loa? ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā lei i kou waha, ʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka lāʻau hoʻopaʻa nontoxic i ʻāpono ʻia ma Aquadots me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaha ʻana e ka mea hana Kina me kahi mea ʻawaʻawa haʻahaʻa loa i lilo i mea mua no ka lāʻau lapaʻau lā. I ka wā i hana ai nā keiki i ka mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i kekahi o nā pahu ma ke kumu a i ʻole ka pōʻino, ua hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kā lākou ʻōnaehana, hoʻokomo i ka liʻiliʻi ʻehā i loko o ka haukapila me ka hopu a me ka coma.
Akā, aia nā pūʻulu o nā mea pāʻani i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ka pena kepau. ʻAʻole hoʻohana nā mea hana ʻAmelika i ka pena kepau ke hana lākou i nā mea pāʻani a nā keiki, a ua like ka manaʻo o nā mea hana Kina. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole mākou i helu i kā lākou moʻomeheu. E like me nā ʻāina e kū mai ana, loaʻa paha iā Kina nā kānāwai maʻamau o nā huahana e nānā maikaʻi ʻia ma nā puke, akā ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻenehana a i ʻole ka ʻike e hoʻokō maoli ai i kēlā mau kānāwai.
Eia kekahi, ua ʻae ʻia i ka moʻomeheu ma Kina i ke alakaʻi i nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā huahana pilikino ʻē aʻe; ʻAʻole paha he mea nui ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pena kepau ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma ka hana ʻana i nā mea pāʻani i kahi luna Kina. Pehea ka ino? Ma kahi noiʻi kūʻokoʻa, 26% o nā huahana Kina i hoʻāʻo ʻia ʻaʻole i hoʻokō i nā kūlana palekana Kina a i ʻole ʻAmelika. A ma waena o nā waiwai i lawe ʻia mai ma ʻAmelika, ʻo 38 o 39 mau huahana i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ke kēpau no ka hana Kina.
Hoʻohui i nā pilikia hoʻomalu maikaʻi Kina i kekahi mau hoʻoholo maikaʻi ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā mea hoʻolālā pāʻani ʻAmelika. No ke aha, i ka wā e ʻike ai mākou he ʻelua mau magnet i loko o ka ʻōpū o ke keiki e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia a uhaʻi paha, e hoʻokomo mau nā mea hana ʻAmelika i nā magnet i hoʻopaʻa pono ʻole ʻia i nā mea pāʻani? A no ke aha lākou i hoʻohui ai i ʻelua ʻāpana e hana i kekahi mau mea pāʻani pēpē, ma kahi o ka hana ʻana iā lākou i hoʻokahi ʻāpana hiki ʻole ke wāwahi? ʻO ka hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻole e like me kēia, i hoʻouna ʻia i nā mea hana Kina no ka hana ʻana, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻino o Kina. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hoʻomanaʻo pāʻani hou ma muli o nā hemahema o ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ʻaʻole ka mana maikaʻi ʻole.
2008: E ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea?
Ke komo nei ʻo Kina i kahi papahana PR nui i kēia manawa e mālama i ka inoa o nā mea hana o ka lāhui. Akā i kēia makahiki, ua loaʻa he 21 mau mea pāʻani hoʻomanaʻo nui, mai nā papa dart magnetic i kūʻai ʻia ma ka Family Dollar a i ka Baby Einstein Baby Neptune crib toy, i hoʻolālā ʻia no ke keiki ʻōpio a me kahi mea pāʻani a ke kaikamahine pēpē a kēia mea kākau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi papa inoa piha ma aneʻi:
E ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole nui ka nui o nā pena kepau e hoʻomanaʻo nei i kēia makahiki, a ʻaneʻane paha ma muli o ka uē kūʻē iā lākou. Eia kekahi, ʻo kekahi o nā hoʻomanaʻo he mau mea ʻaʻole hopohopo nui iā ʻoe ma muli o ke kumu o ka pilikia i ka huahana. (Ke mālama nei au i ka Baby Neptune no ka mea ʻo ka pilikia ka mea hiki iaʻu ke hoʻoponopono iaʻu iho.)
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka nui o nā hoʻomanaʻo e pono e hopohopo. ʻEhia nā mea pāʻani o kēia makahiki a me ka makahiki i hala a kāu keiki i loko o kona lumi? ʻO ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻehia ka nui o lākou i mālama ʻia e kāu keiki a i ʻole ke kula, kahi e nānā pono ʻole ai lākou i nā papa inoa hoʻomanaʻo? Pono ʻoe e ʻimi ma nā wahi āpau no kēia mau mea, a e nānā mau i ka papa inoa hoʻomanaʻo ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana. Eia ka papa inoa o nā hoʻomanaʻo hou loa: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/toy.html
He aha kāu e hana ai no ka pale ʻana i kāu keiki
Maikaʻi a ʻaʻole ʻole, ʻo ke kuleana ma luna o nā mākua e hana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka huahana hope e mālama pono i kā lākou mau keiki. ʻO kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me kou noʻonoʻo maʻamau e pale i kāu mau keikikāne a me kāu mau kaikamāhine.
E hoʻopaʻa inoa i ka papa inoa leka uila Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) no nā mea hou e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia a no ke aha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kau inoa ma aneʻi: https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx
E pale i nā mea pāʻani i pena ʻia me ka pena ʻulaʻula; ʻo kēia ka waihoʻoluʻu maʻamau i haumia i ke kēpau. Inā kānalua ʻoe, e kiʻi i kahi pahu hoʻāʻo alakaʻi, loaʻa ma nā wahi he nui ma ka pūnaewele, a nānā pono iā ʻoe iho i nā mea pāʻani a kāu keiki. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea pāʻani haumia ʻaʻole ma ka papa inoa hoʻomanaʻo CPSC, leka uila iā lākou a hoʻomaopopo iā lākou.
E kūʻai i nā mea pāʻani hou, ʻaʻole nā mea pāʻani i kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai lua a i ʻole nā mea kūʻai pā hale. He paʻakikī ke hoʻomau i nā hoʻomanaʻo hou me ka hele ʻole i nā makahiki he iwakālua o nā hoʻomanaʻo i hala, a e kahaha paha ʻoe i ka nui o nā mea pāʻani i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia e ʻike i ko lākou ala i kahi hale kūʻai.
E kūʻai i nā mea pāʻani mai nā hale kūʻai ʻoihana, nā hale kūʻai mea pāʻani, a me nā kumu punaewele hilinaʻi, ʻaʻole mai nā hale kūʻai kālā. ʻO nā kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa iā ʻoe, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o ka pepa i ka mea hana mea pāʻani, a ʻo ka haʻahaʻa o ka loaʻa kālā, ʻoi aku ka hoʻowalewale ʻana e uhaki i nā lula e pili ana i ka palekana o ka huahana. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole ʻike pinepine nā mea pāʻani hale kūʻai kālā i ko lākou ala i ka papa inoa CPSC; He mau holo hana kiʻi kiʻi pinepine lākou i hoʻopau koke ʻia, no laila ʻaʻole lōʻihi lākou ma ka mākeke e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, e kūʻai i kāu mau hale kūʻai pāʻani liʻiliʻi, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio me ka mea nona ka ʻike a ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o lākou.
Mai manaʻo e palekana nā mea pāʻani lole. I ka makahiki i hala, ua komo kekahi o ka uhi uluna Boppy i ka hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i ka pena kepau. E nānā i nā mea a pau e pili ana i kāu keiki.
Mai poina i ke kiʻi nui. Me ka huhu o na makua e pili ana i keia pilikia, hiki ia kakou ke hana maoli i ke aupuni. Ua hoʻolaha mua ke aupuni pekelala i ka hoʻāʻo ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lawe ʻana mai ma nā pahu; me ke koʻikoʻi, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa nā mea kūʻai aku, nā mea hana, a me nā keʻena aupuni e hana pū ana e mālama i nā huahana pōʻino mai nā mea pāʻani a kā mākou keiki e hoʻomaka.
Ua pololei ʻoe, e like me nā mea kūʻai aku, pono mākou e hoʻomau i ke kaomi ʻana i ko mākou aupuni e hana i nā hoʻokolohua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e pale i kā mākou mau keiki. Ke piʻi mai nei ka 'Olumepika ma Beijing, loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e lohe ʻia ai ko mākou leo. Makemake ʻo Kina i ka inoa maikaʻi. E hoʻolilo iā lākou i loaʻa!
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