DVDs and kids

[Severina Amadenna Salem-Snape]

Can somebody explain to me why parents are giving their children 
dvds? I could never understand this when I was in sales and one 
parent would comment that the toddler would only wreck it. When did 
parents stop parenting - has the word "no" left parental vocabulary? 
My parents would have smacked my hand and I would have known no meant 
no - dvds are not toys people. This always confuses me - I am not 
saying all parents by the way, but I am sure you know someone like 
this - the parents I know do not allow their children to play with 
dvds, and are still not allowed to put them into the player. The most 
they do are hand the cases to the parents.

I never would purchase a previously viewed (yes money goes back to 
the producers) child's dvd because I know parents let kids play with 
them. 

I remember when cds first came out and people thought they were 
indestructible, then would try and exchange the item after it 
shattered when THEY threw the indestructible cd against the wall.

Are there parental warnings on dvd packages to keep children away 
from them, or is somebody going to sue the manufacturer one day 
because a kid gets cut on one.