A Prime Example Of Rad Parenting

TRU is already in a bit of financial kim chee mostly because of falling birthrates during the great recession and the erosion of the middle class' purchasing power.

I somehow doubt that an army of Breaking Bad fans will decide to shop elsewhere in protest though.

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Don't you see the double standard on your own views?

You are arguing that she is being specific on a specific item and wants that specific item off the shelf because of what it represents. You then go further and broaden and twist her argument to include any possible connection to that specific item. Since Toys R' Us do not sell drug-related items (except for that specific item that she is complaining about), you have no other choice but to direct to the other aspect of the show, which is the violence aspect. You then go very broadly and include anything that may include violence in it's theme.

Now, here's your double standard. You endorse violence towards this woman, even though you are an active member against gun violence, even though violence is violence.

You, in essence, are being very specific against your criticism against violence by only demeaning gun violence and not violence in total. You are acting like the very woman you are wishing harm towards.

So, you should therefor beat the ***out of yourself. Do us a favor and record/post it for our entertainment educational purposes.

Also, show us where Toy R' Us is selling these products please.

There is no difference... I'm also not a gun advocate or a "guntard" as you so eloquently put it.

You're trying to force the world to conform to your world view. You feel that this specific group of people should not have something and you actually want legal intervention (not what this mother did and is actually going further) that would limit the rights of citizens. Not only are you a hypocrite in advocating against gun violence but promoting physical violence but you also seem to be in support of double standards when it suits your cause.

A precedent? You know things like this have happened literally thousands of times before right? Businesses are aware of the possibility of these situations popping up and deal with them regularly enough. I'd bet that this isn't the first time Toys R Us has dealt with it.

Dude, TRU doesn't give a *** if some 20/30 something male stops shopping at their stores, you're not their demographic. They weighed a decision over bad press on this Breaking Bad thing versus having a few neckbeards pickup Heisenberg figures.

Guess which turned out to be more valuable?

She's basically did (successfuly) what you're attempting to do (unsuccessfuly).

She made a statement disaproving the decision of toys r us to stock their shelves with this specific product and then I assume that she wouldn't shop there unless they changed that position.

You made a statement disaproving the Toys R Us decision to no longer stock their shelves with said product and then told them they lost your business because of it.

You're trying to "force" them to carry the product just like you say she "forced" them to no longer carry the product.

Do you see how this works now?

You don't actually have a right "to a better articulated representation of a certain character" lol... You can purchase what companies put out for sale and if they make a decision not to sell them anymore then you're SOL...

Lets do an analysis on the business situation then.

Candlejack, prior to the decision, on average, how much money did you spend at Toys R' Us per month? Per year? What did you buy from there? Who were you shopping for? Why? Are there products that you can only get there? Did you buy similar products in other stores?

There is a point to this post, so I ask you to please respond to it so I can make my point.

Just got off the phone with my broker, I sold my Toys R Us stock.

but... it's a privately held company...

Stock that doesn't exist?

Toys 'R Us is not a corporation, but a limited liability company (aka a partnership).

"Toys 'R' Us Property Company II, LLC"

They were reorganized in 2005 from Toys "R" Us, Inc. into an LLC. They still issue 10-Qs and 10-Ks though.

Beaten by 9 seconds....

sparth was making a joke...

Yes, that was pretty obvious.

However, it's not good to present bad information, even from a joke.

People may make an argument about Toys R Us later on how it's an evil corporate empire when it's not even a corporation to begin with...then they look stupid for making that argument.

But they still will, make that argument and look stupid doing so that is.

Like this thread.

This thread makes me feel like a lot of people had "bad parenting" experiences, or just didn't get as much attention from their parents as they would've liked.

or blamed their parents for the stupid things they did when they were young(er). :3

IMO "Good Parents" would have shielded their children from ever watching Breaking Bad therefore, making them oblivious when seeing these figures on the shelves as to what they actually are. "Bad parents" however, who don't give a rat's *** what their children are exposed to will know exactly what they are. I'm siding with TRU here that the figures were in fact intended for more mature/Adult targeted groups. If a parent has to complain about what's on the shelf to protect their own children, that says to me the children are already aware what they are and the only way that would be possible is if they were already exposed to the Breaking Bad brand. The parents of children who have no clue what Breaking Bad is, have no reason to freak out and that's because of "Good" monitored parenting.

Somewhat what I was thinking about the entire ordeal. If this woman is crusading against 'Breaking Bad' toys being available at Toys 'R Us, it probably likely that she's not going to be the type of mother who allows her kid(s) to watch material that is inappropriate for whatever particular age range her kid(s) is/are in.

Then again, if kids aren't conscious of what 'Breaking Bad' is, then why make a big stink about it?

I "get" it, but I don't. Either way, she won. And like many people have previously mentioned, Toys 'R Us isn't obliged to accommodate a demographic that is probably a minute portion of their sales.

Why would a mother that doesn't care if her child watches breaking bad care if he gets his hands on a breaking bad toy or sees it in the store?

You're making it seem like she's extremely lazy and inatentive to the child on the one hand and then very active and organized when it comes to getting someone to do something she wants so she can go back to being lazy and innatentive?

In any case the thought that she is a mother like that is pure speculation on your part as you seem to have no actual idea what her habits are as a mother.

It comes off a lot like "oh well I think this is dumb so I'm going to attack the mother"

Edit: They also did not specify if the child had seen the show or not. The only thing the op's article mentioned was that she herself enjoyed the show but did not think it was an appropriate toy to be on the shelves of toys r us.

Why make a stink about anything?

I think she wanted to remove those toys from the story to prevent curiosity from allowing children from watching the show in the first place.

The kids could have seen the toy, found out what show it was from, and (while their parents were asleep) watched it for themselves. Therefor creating a way for kids to watch the show.

Kindof like the same concept of advertising tobacco products for children.

LOL! I don't know. Ask Candlejack when he wakes up from his hangover ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING. His early morning comment in RT explained a lot.

I think it has a lot to do with personal value systems. Perhaps to the mother it was important enough to her that the store she shops at not carry something that is affiliated with drug use. For others it might be that they just care so little about this particular subject that they don't get why she would even bother or get upset because it's seen to be something that they disaprove of in some way.

Who knows though... we make stinks to make stinks!

Does it matter why she was offended? Toys R Us apparently felt that she was somewhat right or that they should accommodate her because odds are other parents feel the same way. The mission statement does say they want to form a bond with parents so here's that chance.

It's just one set of figures and they can always just throw up sales on the website when this thing blows over. Buy 'em there.

In a country awash with drug issues, especially meth in the central US I don't think it's hard to find people who find Walter White figurines in a kids store (even in the adult section) pretty tasteless. And thats where a private company like TRU can decide if they want to comply or not.

Then the person would argue that you should be paying attention to what your kid is watching... Coz you know, you should be monitoring your children's every move to stop them from harming themselves or doing anything inappropriate.

If this is what is considered as good parenting, then i can understand why people kill themselves from cyber bullying, give their naked pictures to some strange men on the other side of the internet, and other weird modern teenage/young people problems.

Toys R Us is trying to snip bad PR in the bud before it goes out of hand.

Sure, but ask that person how's it like being a helicopter parent and they will deny the whole thing.

You can pay attention and still miss some things... what happens when your kids go out to play at a friends house? When you go to sleep thinking that the kids are still in bed? What if other parents are lax in their parenting and when your kid goes to school other kids are talking about it?

Whether you think so or not a parent can only do or be there so much unless you confine your kid to a bedroom... and I think we all know how we feel about that.