DU parents-Love your children? Gotten them this yet?

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20040722/od_nm/odd_japan_protective_dc

Sign of the Times: Knife-Resistant Garb for Kids

TOKYO (Reuters) - They may not look cool, but knife-resistant kid's sweatshirts and coats are the latest products aimed at providing parental peace of mind in a Japan horrified by a series of gruesome attacks on children.

The sweatshirts, and coats that look like plain waterproofs, are made from the same fibers used in police and military knife-proof and bullet-proof vests, according to the maker, Madre.

The clothing, sold only through the company's web site, www.defense.to, isn't cheap, at 46,095 yen ($419) for the coat and from 40,950 yen for the sweatshirt. They come in 12 colors and can be embroidered with initials or other slogans.

[underpants]

1. Comes in a nice "schoolbus yellow" so they blend in with the bus

[GOPisEvil]

2. Is that kid calling me a "mother"?

:mad:

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. Are knife attacks so frequent that 3rd graders need to wear...

a new fangled form of chain mail?? :crazy:

[tigereye]

4. that is truly sad

although there are certainly kids in our country who would sadly benefit from bullet-proof ones...:(

[underpants]

5. It is odd/strange that they only worry about knife attacks

huh?

You KNEW this was going there.