Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
Was she specific as to why?
Does she feel this way about other messy activities or just clay?
I'm curious to know this too.
We use clay and I personally like it better than play dough. It doesn't have that weird smell and I feel like the kids keep the mess contained better with clay than they do with the playdough (maybe because playdough is easier to pull apart??) Seems really weird to me that a parent have an issue with clay.
Maybe because it's polymer??? But unless you're going to let the kids eat an extreme amount of it it's unlikely that they'll get sick from it. Clay is handled pretty much like any other play dough ... wash your hands before and after playing with it, don't eat it, don't eat off of it, use separate tools and utensils for playdough/clay than the ones that you use for food prep.