There are new toys that did not exist when I was young: robot, electric devices, machine that can sing and dance etc. Parents buy them expecting these would attribute more creativity for their kids. However, I believe this can negatively affect children.
When children are young, they do symbolic play. For example, they would pick up their shoe and pretend as if it were their mobile phone. It is their phone in their imagination. This imagination is what is needed and what makes children creative. However, well made toys can actually be everything children need. This makes children stop imagining.
So I would definitely think about what is really good for my children and be very careful about buying them toys.
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