Concerned...allnurses store product

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Is anyone else a little concerned that allnurses.com is selling candy in pill bottles at their online store? I for one remember that lecture in pediatrics. Don't let kids confuse medications for candy... Kid sees parent eating something colorful out of pill bottle, kid tries the same thing but probably not candy. I see that it's supposed to be a gag gift but it could also lead to something very harmful. I'm not a fan. :down:

Go ahead and order them for your children...and don't shed a single tear if your child goes to grandmas and downs a bottle of nitroglycerin pills because he/she thought they would be candy too.

who the heck is ordering them for their kids????

seriously...point out one post...just one.

leslie

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I checked the site - they have chocolate covered sunflower seeds and jelly beans. Poor idea, and I did complain to them. Remember those sugar cigarettes with the red tips that were popular when I was a kid. I think this falls into the same catagory. So OP, I'm still in your court!

You can still buy those sugar cigs, if you are so inclined.

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who the heck is ordering them for their kids????

seriously...point out one post...just one.

leslie

I've seen these as gag gifts given to get well or a 40+ birthday-usually eaten right away by the adult receiver.

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I've seen these as gag gifts given to get well or a 40+ birthday-usually eaten right away by the adult receiver.

only real meds (including the chewables), are usually kept in a cabinet (hopefully child-proofed).

but candy in a med bottle, is something that'd likely either be tossed in one's purse/pocket, or eaten immediately.

this very topic, needs to be kept in its proper perspective.

leslie

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However, this is not a site for kids. Why would an adult ever come here thinking this site could be viewed on the presence of kids? When you signed on as a member, you had to check a box stating that you read and understood the terms of service (TOS) for this site. The TOS clearly states kids between 13-18 need parental supervision and nobody under 13 should be here.

allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses

As I've stated many times, the onus is on parents.

why would an adult think that they could NOT view this site in the presence (if by presence you mean IN the SAME house) of kids?

nobody under 13 was "on here", and she had parental supervision while walking by and noticing the colorful candy in the prescription bottle.

there are sites i would never look at if there was a chance my kids might see (Media, for example). there are sites i would look at if they were home, but i'd be very aware of where they were bc i wouldn't want them to see something (post secret, for example). then there are sites where unless they are sitting in your lap and reading what is being said - you don't really think much about there being anything you wouldn't want them to see (allnurses, for example).

that was my point. if "being online while having children" is a crime - go ahead and hang me!

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OMG...I CANNOT believe that a single nurse on here would agree that the candy in a very realistic looking prescription pill bottle would be acceptable.

Seriously...have those of you that see no problem with it, lost your mind?

Go ahead and order them for your children...and don't shed a single tear if your child goes to grandmas and downs a bottle of nitroglycerin pills because he/she thought they would be candy too.

Unfreaking believable.

No one here is endorsing buying them or giving them to children.

If a child goes to Grandma's and downs her Nitro there is a whole slew of parenting issue that have nothing to do with candy in a pill bottle. Starting with allowing your young child to roam unsupervised, pawing through other people's belongings, in a home with unsecured medications.

What is "unfreaking believable" is that people choose not to supervise or parent their children in potentially unsafe situations.

The scariest thing I have heard on this entire thread is that anyone on medication who has children in the house does not keep them under lock and key! Or at least in a medicine cabinet where the child cannot reach!

Yes, it is irresponsible to keep sweets in a medicine container; yes, it is criminally irresponsible to keep poisons or cleaning substances in empty cool drink containers; it is downright idiotic to allow your child access to items intended for adult use, be it alcohol, sleeping pills or Mediaography. Am I to be forced to the assumption that by not allowing your kids to believe that there's candy in them that pill bottles, it's therefore safe to leave your potentially harmful substances lying around?

The danger to your children does not lie in what is being marketed in an exclusive store to a limited clientèle, it lies in the carelessness of your childrens' parents.

I sincerely hope none of these extremely vociferous naysayers fall into this category.

I agree completely.

No one thinks twice about locking up guns but think nothing of leaving that bottle of vitamins or Tylenol where a child can conceivably get to it.

I've witness the results of the failure to do both, gun shot wounds are ugly but those vitamins and Tylenol are just as lethal.

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Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering what a chocolate covered sunflower seed tastes like??

They're great... and those that come in said Allnurses vessel are some of the best I've had. What makes them so enjoyable? I never realized it until this thread, but maybe it's partly the endorphin surge that follows doing something roguish.

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No one here is endorsing buying them or giving them to children.

If a child downs Grandma's and downs her Nitro there is a whole slew of parenting issue that have nothing to do with candy in a pill bottle. Starting with allowing your young child to roam unsupervised, pawing through other people's belongings, in a home with unsecured medications..

With all due respect, toddlers have an amazing way of going from nap to digging through mommies (or grandmas) purse in .0001 seconds. Sometimes, no matter how careful and vigilant one is, accidents happen. It isn't always (although often is) bad parenting.. have you ever had a toddler? If so, you should totally understand this.

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With all due respect, toddlers have an amazing way of going from nap to digging through mommies (or grandmas) purse in .0001 seconds. Sometimes, no matter how careful and vigilant one is, accidents happen. It isn't always (although often is) bad parenting.. have you ever had a toddler? If so, you should totally understand this.

Quite; I think it was Bill Cosby who described how toddlers' arms can streeeetch to get their hands on items that have been put out of their reach; that's why you get child-proof medication containers. Pity you don't get child-proof lipstick holders too... or do you? When I was raising mine, no such thing was available on the market.

Look, I probably wouldn't buy these gag sweets myself (although I still think my syringe idea is cool, and I'd love to check out those chocolate memberes :D) but I do not see how buying them is going to automatically teach a child that it is both right and good to eat "sweets" from a medicine container.... not if the parent is prudent and responsible. From that point of view, I think this is a storm in a teacup. Or pillbox?

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With all due respect, toddlers have an amazing way of going from nap to digging through mommies (or grandmas) purse in .0001 seconds. Sometimes, no matter how careful and vigilant one is, accidents happen. It isn't always (although often is) bad parenting.. have you ever had a toddler? If so, you should totally understand this.
Yes, I raised three children to adulthood and have 3 grandkids. Two of who are toddlers and live with me.

Why is grandma's (or mommy's) purse where a toddler can get into it?

Why would anyone leave something they don't want a child to get into where they can get to it?

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It sounds like you were the perfect parent and are now the perfect grandparent. Too bad everyone can't be such.

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OMG...I CANNOT believe that a single nurse on here would agree that the candy in a very realistic looking prescription pill bottle would be acceptable.

Seriously...have those of you that see no problem with it, lost your mind?

Go ahead and order them for your children...and don't shed a single tear if your child goes to grandmas and downs a bottle of nitroglycerin pills because he/she thought they would be candy too.

Unfreaking believable.

Yep, lost my mind. I do think it it completely innocuous, and as astounded as you are that we aren't all screaming the sky is falling, I am equally stunned that more than one or two chicken littles are out there, stretching this nonsense to 10+ pages. Any child of mine small enough to make such an error was a) supervised at all times, and b) even now, all grown up, not able to get to any medications in the first place, as we keep vitamins, advil and Rx meds in a locked box that they don't know the combination for. Yes, I fully expect other poeple to do the same (supervise their kids and lock up their meds) but recognize that they don't. Sad fact of life. The idiot of the world are not my problem or my responsibility, and I don't have the time or the energy to police their homes and make sure they meet my standards. Some would call the natural selection anyway.;)

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