It is true that many parents purchase a multitude of playthings for their
offspring. Whether or not this is a good thing for the child is a moot point.
On the face of it the advantages seem most apparent, but could there be a
downside to this phenomenon of devoted parenting as well?
Most people would consider children who have many toys to be the fortunate
ones. Interesting things to play with stimulate many positives in the young boy
or girl, such as optimum brain development, hand-eye coordination and colour
recognition, apart from the simple joy of playing. Modern toys are designed to
be educational as well as fun, and concerned parents carefully select products
which might speed their child's acquisition of numbers of the alphabet.
Is it possible that owning multiple toys could be in any way detrimental to a
child? This is an unusual question, but there are some hidden pitfalls. For one,
wealthy parents might spoil their son or daughter by showering him / her with
toys, resulting in a negative effect on the child's character. For another, a growing
child's concentration span may suffer if they are constantly surrounded by too
many tempting objects, so that they become unable to focus on any one game
for a decent length of time before being distracted. On the social side, older
children may become targets of envy from classmates, if they are perceived as
having far more possessions than their peers. Finally, the majority of toys today
are made of plastic which commonly contains the chemical BPA, proven to be
dangerous for infants to suck on or ingest.
It is true that
many
parents
purchase
a multitude of playthings for their
offspring.
Whether or not
this is a
good
thing for the child is a moot point.
On the face of it the advantages seem most apparent,
but
could there be a
downside to this phenomenon of devoted parenting
as well
?
Most
people
would consider children who have
many
toys
to be the fortunate
ones. Interesting things to play with stimulate
many
positives in the young boy
or girl, such as optimum brain development, hand-eye coordination and
colour
recognition, apart from the simple joy of playing. Modern
toys
are designed
to
be educational
as well
as fun, and concerned parents
carefully
select products
which might speed their child's acquisition of numbers of the alphabet.
Is it possible that owning multiple
toys
could be in any way detrimental to a
child? This is an unusual question,
but
there are
some
hidden pitfalls. For one,
wealthy parents might spoil their son or daughter by showering him / her with
toys, resulting in a
negative
effect on the child's character. For another, a growing
child's concentration span may suffer if they are
constantly
surrounded by too
many
tempting objects,
so
that they become unable to focus on any one game
for a decent length of time
before
being distracted
. On the social side, older
children may become targets of envy from classmates, if they
are perceived
as
having far more possessions than their peers.
Finally
, the majority of
toys
today
are made
of plastic which
commonly
contains the chemical BPA, proven to be
dangerous
for infants to suck on or ingest.