bornNbread
so my hisband is getting into the army and i am an autism specialist for the school district...at the time we moved to our current home our previous home was flooded and we lost everything so we had to look for something fast and cheap. we got this little cottage in a very rural area surounded my other lil cottages..whose resides some shady people...anyways we have a wonderful daughter so like all happy parents we buy her tikes, and toys, and give her a happy, joyfull, cheery childhood..we got her a lil playhouse with a swing and a slide, a trike, and some other toys for her to play with outside. in the begining i was more than welcome to share her toys with the other kids because i knew that they were on welfare and did not have what we have. so it was all good for a few weeks but then i come home from work and the swing is broken, some things were missing, the flower patch i worked so hard on was demolished and to top it off, my daughter went and asked for her bike back and they did not want to give it back! (i came along and asked for it back) so now i dont let anyone other than my daughter and her true friends to play with they toys and the club house area, and now all the other parents are kind of mad at me for not sharing..meanwhile they can buy beer and smoke weed (yea i can smell it, and have already turned them in to the police) EVERYDAY! and they are mad that i have a good job! so i dont know, i want to be a good parent and teach my child values like sharing and playing nicely, but i dont want our hard earned money get broken into peices! is that wrong?
(once my husband finish boot camp and training we will be moving----this is not the home we plan to stay in for the rest of our lives)
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Sounds like you had to learn the hard way. My own mother was the one who told me not to let the neighborhood brats play with my son's toys. They figure that the toys are not theirs, so it doesn't matter if they break them.
My son still has all his toys and they are all still in good shape because I didn't let the other kids play with them. Of course the other moms on the street like to call me stuck up, but they call me this as their own kid is sucking on a stick and playing with a rock....
I don't think you're wrong.
Sounds like you had to learn the hard way. My own mother was the one who told me not to let the neighborhood brats play with my son's toys. They figure that the toys are not theirs, so it doesn't matter if they break them.
My son still has all his toys and they are all still in good shape because I didn't let the other kids play with them. Of course the other moms on the street like to call me stuck up, but they call me this as their own kid is sucking on a stick and playing with a rock....
I don't think you're wrong.
How many toys do your children have (roughly)?
Supermommy
Big compared to smaller one's? I'm thinking about going through my kids toys and getting rid of most of the smaller one's because they are cluttering my floor and they have enough bigger one's I don't see the need for all of these. I have a 2 year old and an almost 6 month old. For my son's bday (he just turned 2 but his party is next month) he is getting a train table and a kitchen. These things will keep him more than occupied. Thanks.
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Billions and billions.
4 ride on toys, 2 rocking horses, 400 mega blocks, a kitchen, a tool bench, 4 sets of tools, 2 sets of dishes, 2 sets of food, a blow up ball pit with 300 balls, 6 bouncy balls, severals cars and dolls, about 200 stuffed animals, 2 giant stuffed bears, 3 toy laptops, and thousands of small little hand toys. And that is just what I can think of off the top of my head. You really don't expect me to count them all do you?
I have two yr old twins and they have too many toys. They still have little rattles that are for babies. But they still play with them. For Christmas my son got a work bench and several sets of toy tools. My daughter got a kitchen and several sets of play food and dishes. But they play with all of the stuff. I am going to get rid of some of the teether rings and rattles. My little sister is pregnant with a little boy and I am going to give them to her.
But my carpet is covered with toys. I laugh about not knowing what color my carpet is. We have way too many toys but I wouldn't want it any other way. I love my kids and want them to have anything. And at your kids' ages toys are how they learn. they learn colors, counting, textures, sizes and many other things. You want to get rid of the smaller toys. What is the 6 mon old going to play with? A train table and a kitchen aren't really toys that are appropriate for a 6 mon old.
Billions and billions.
4 ride on toys, 2 rocking horses, 400 mega blocks, a kitchen, a tool bench, 4 sets of tools, 2 sets of dishes, 2 sets of food, a blow up ball pit with 300 balls, 6 bouncy balls, severals cars and dolls, about 200 stuffed animals, 2 giant stuffed bears, 3 toy laptops, and thousands of small little hand toys. And that is just what I can think of off the top of my head. You really don't expect me to count them all do you?
I have two yr old twins and they have too many toys. They still have little rattles that are for babies. But they still play with them. For Christmas my son got a work bench and several sets of toy tools. My daughter got a kitchen and several sets of play food and dishes. But they play with all of the stuff. I am going to get rid of some of the teether rings and rattles. My little sister is pregnant with a little boy and I am going to give them to her.
But my carpet is covered with toys. I laugh about not knowing what color my carpet is. We have way too many toys but I wouldn't want it any other way. I love my kids and want them to have anything. And at your kids' ages toys are how they learn. they learn colors, counting, textures, sizes and many other things. You want to get rid of the smaller toys. What is the 6 mon old going to play with? A train table and a kitchen aren't really toys that are appropriate for a 6 mon old.
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