{"id":1310,"date":"2011-10-25T22:08:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2011-10-25T22:08:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T05:08:55","slug":"2011-study-candy-testing-unnecessary-but-very-tasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"2011 Study: Candy-Testing Unnecessary, but Very Tasty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[A 2011 study completed by professors and research students from Wartburg College acknowledges what many people have suspected for years: there is really no need for parents to test their children\u2019s candy. Since 1990, there have been no substantiated cases of candy being poisoned or harmed in any way. All stories including but not limited to razor blades in candy, cyanide in candy, or rohypnol in candy are all urban legends.<!--more-->\nSo why does this myth continue to be perpetuated? The answer is easy: adults like candy, too. Parents must keep this myth alive, almost to the extent that they actually believe it while they are tearing into their child\u2019s Snickers bar to \u201cmake sure it is safe.\u201d How often are parents taking a bite of that Snowball? Not too often. Let the kids take their chances on that. The myth also gives parents a way to feel more comfortable eating candy in front of other adults. \u201cI\u2019m not a pig. Just saving my child\u2019s life.\u201d\nThe only other situation that comes close to this is tornado warnings. Ever wonder why the dad is up there while you are all stuck in the basement? Are dad\u2019s indestructible when it comes to tornadoes? Do all dads get a minor in meteorology when in college? The answer to these questions is in fact \u201cno.\u201d For the most part, tornado warnings are simply an excuse for dads to get some alone time, have a few beers, and talk to the other dads on their porches looking for funnel clouds with their untrained eyes.\nIn the end, these myths are needed. So, dads keep taking those much needed breaks in the summer, and parents keep enjoying the candy your kids worked so hard to get. You earned it.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-16","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}