Is my packaging appealing to children? There often isn’t one clear answer.

Much of my career I was a toy inventor. I now provide packaging to the cannabis industry. My background in toys and my role as a mother makes one thing very clear: I take the safety of children very seriously.
To help prevent accidental poisonings, in addition to child-resistant packaging, we need to be careful that our cannabis packaging does not visually appeal to children — the form factor, the graphics, and the description/brand.
There are super obvious things to avoid, like mimicking toys, candy, and characters that kids love.
Avoid products named “Skittlez”, “Rasta Reeces”, and “Twixed” for example (not to mention copyright concerns). Don’t include clever variations of existing cartoon characters. Don’t make your packaging look like an LOL Surprise ball (the top toy the last few years).
In California we also need to avoid putting imagery of edibles on the packaging, and hide brightly colored beverages in opaque bottles.
Beyond these obvious parameters, the decision as to whether packaging is appealing to kids, strikes me as highly subjective.
I’m in my 4th decade and I like bright colors. My iphone case is glitter. The last three paintings I hung on my wall were of cartoony dogs with exaggerated eyes. I order off the kids menu about 50% of the time.
Meanwhile, my nine year old kid seems to only want to eat sushi (sashimi is preferred), no longer likes to wear t-shirts with cartoon characters, and asked for aged cheese for his birthday.
Who is more sophisticated?
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