easy I dont have thomas, wiggles, bob the builder, any licensed products well I gave in and let jack get ITNG books and he has a couple of stuffed INTG dolls

my IL's weren't impressed my family have been great and friends well they know how I feel about it, one actually told me the other she had bought jack a thomas gift forgetting I dont like them and asked if I still wanted it or would I prefer something else which I thought was way cool of her, I said if she had someone else she could give the thomas stuff too and it wasn't too much toruble then yes I'd prefer something else

I have been very vocal about my oposition of these products so its been easy to avoid, if it was some random friend I may run into trouble ...

but yeah basically the only way to avoid it is too be veryvocal to anyone and everyone, I dont care what others buy their kids I will buy these products for my friends kids cause they like them but just not fo jack