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A Mom Confronts Mattel!

A mom talks to CNN about the toy recalls and confronting Mattel - literally, she packed up her kids, their toys, got into the family’s car and drove to the toy manufacturer’s headquarters in El Segundo, CA - but, Dana Laine Parker doesn’t feel it was any big thing and that she was:

“…just a concerned mom.”

Mattel had no choice, but to listen and checked every single one of her toys against those products that have been recalled.

Some would say, enough already - what’s up with all these parents wigging out - we are so tired of hearing about Mattel and their public relations nightmare!

I bet the woman had all those guys running scared, right?

But, I would say - yes, I am also too busy being a parent to have to worry about such things - good on you, Dana! The poor woman just got so gosh-tired of all the misinformation and decided to take matters into her own hands - along with about 1,000 of their toys - and spoke up for herself and her family!

That, my friends, makes her a force to be reckoned with!

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  1. Izzy said:

    Dana is my new hero!

  2. Kris said:

    Yes
    !!!!!!!!!!

    I heard about this! Rock on, mama!



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