Hair straighteners at nursery

[Violetgirl]

My daughter's very reputable nursery has an old pair of hair straighteners for the children to play with. I have already spoken to them about this as research has shown that serious burn cases in children have increased by 50% in the last ten years, with the majority of those due to hair straighteners.

Just wondering what other mums thoughts are on this?

funnily enough I wouldnt mind real hammers and nails. I'm not sure why - more obvious dangers perhaps?

(as in hot is invisible and so if a child touches it they dont know they are going to be injured until the y touch it - if that makes sense)

If they are real ones then I would worry they might get plugged in by one of the kids.