Nursery World - A boycott of seven toys and other products

A boycott of seven toys and other products deemed to be sexualising young children has been started by parents on a blog site that received 75,000 hits last week. Alpha Mummy, a blog for working mothers on Timesonline, listed items such as sexy thongs, the Peekaboo dance pole and the Barbie Hot Tub Party Bus. The campaign against targeting children (see Special Report, p10) includes asking shops to remove items from shelves and encouraging schools to ban certain toys. Jennifer Howze, editor of 'Women' at Timesonline and writer of the list, said, 'It's obscene that Playboy markets bright pink eraser sets to the younger set. Girls shouldn't have school supplies emblazoned with the logo of the OAP in a smoking jacket.

at Timesonline and writer of the list, said, 'It's obscene that Playboy markets bright pink eraser sets to the younger set. Girls shouldn't have school supplies emblazoned with the logo of the OAP in a smoking jacket.

Where are the Nuts lunchboxes? Where are the Stringfellows ring binders?'

Children's minister Beverley Hughes s for two years. Ms Hughes said, 'Our conclusions are that the costs would

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