‘2 today’ birthday card that’s not for under-threes

A grandfather bought a ‘You Are 2 Today’ birthday card – only to find a note on the back saying: ‘Not suitable for children under three.’ Stunned Steve Lock claims the world has gone ‘health and safety mad’ after purchasing the card for his granddaughter Mary Jane Levick’s second birthday.

‘The card had a big number two on the front,’ he said. ‘I was so amazed, I had to get two people to read it to be sure of what it said. It’s unbelievable.’ He said inside the card was a sheet of small paper stickers. ‘I suppose a child could peel a sticker off but how could they harm themselves with it, other than try and eat the whole sheet?’ he added.



‘But if that’s a worry they shouldn’t sell the card for two-year-olds. It just about sums up the world today – it’s gone health and safety mad.’ Mary Jane’s mother Helen, from Fremington, north Devon, said: ‘If it’s dangerous they shouldn’t sell it for two-year-olds and if it isn’t dangerous why put a warning on?’

But Barry Hartog, from Clinton Cards, said: ‘A card is for display, not a toy. It is suitable to be given to a two-year-old to be displayed on a mantelpiece but it is not suitable for a two-year-old to play with. ‘We had one similar case and took it up with Trading Standards. They are happy with the labelling.'