Comments on: Simple Toys http://frugalhacks.com/2007/10/19/simple-toys/ Good stewardship in action. How do you do it? Wed, 16 May 2012 03:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: MerchantShips http://frugalhacks.com/2007/10/19/simple-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-564 MerchantShips Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:46:03 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=167#comment-564 <em>Are your children learning to be content with that? How can you help them do better?</em> I love that you brought it back to parental responsibility. Frankly, it's a lot easier just to buy another toy. I should know--my son's room is overloaded with "good toys" right now. The fun seems to be in dragging them all out, not really in playing with them. Are your children learning to be content with that? How can you help them do better?

I love that you brought it back to parental responsibility. Frankly, it’s a lot easier just to buy another toy.

I should know–my son’s room is overloaded with “good toys” right now. The fun seems to be in dragging them all out, not really in playing with them.

]]> By: Terri http://frugalhacks.com/2007/10/19/simple-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Terri Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:54:22 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=167#comment-555 My two children do have a lot of stuff. Since we've lived in an apartment the last couple of years it has forced us to pare down and we have stored some stuff. It is amazing to me that the toy my kids swore up and down they just had to have, they haven't even missed since it's been packed away. We are trying to follow a rule that for every new thing our children acquire they have to be willing to give away two or three old things. My two children do have a lot of stuff. Since we’ve lived in an apartment the last couple of years it has forced us to pare down and we have stored some stuff. It is amazing to me that the toy my kids swore up and down they just had to have, they haven’t even missed since it’s been packed away.

We are trying to follow a rule that for every new thing our children acquire they have to be willing to give away two or three old things.

]]> By: SAHMmy Says http://frugalhacks.com/2007/10/19/simple-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-554 SAHMmy Says Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:43:36 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=167#comment-554 This is a very interesting article! When my son was 10 months old, every toy he owned fit in a one gallon white trashcan I bought at the Dollar Tree for his toybox. Three years later, his toy collection rivals the displays at Toys R Us and Target put together. Where did we go wrong? Who knows, but we've taken two steps in the right direction: 1. We tell friends and family at any opportunity that the kids need nothing. If they persist, we suggest books or clothing. I can always make room for a book, and clothing will serve its purpose and be handed on to another family. 2. We admit that we are the biggest offenders when it comes to inviting TOO MUCH into our home. I am proud to say that on my daughter's first birthday last week we presented her with exactly one gift. Granted, it was a gift larger than I remembered--it's been in the attic since I bought it on clearance 6 months ago--but we're recovering, not cured! This is a very interesting article! When my son was 10 months old, every toy he owned fit in a one gallon white trashcan I bought at the Dollar Tree for his toybox. Three years later, his toy collection rivals the displays at Toys R Us and Target put together. Where did we go wrong? Who knows, but we’ve taken two steps in the right direction: 1. We tell friends and family at any opportunity that the kids need nothing. If they persist, we suggest books or clothing. I can always make room for a book, and clothing will serve its purpose and be handed on to another family. 2. We admit that we are the biggest offenders when it comes to inviting TOO MUCH into our home. I am proud to say that on my daughter’s first birthday last week we presented her with exactly one gift. Granted, it was a gift larger than I remembered–it’s been in the attic since I bought it on clearance 6 months ago–but we’re recovering, not cured!

]]> By: Queen of Carrots http://frugalhacks.com/2007/10/19/simple-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Queen of Carrots Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:58:33 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=167#comment-550 Although they do have other toys, mostly my kids play with the blankets off their bed and boxes from the grocery store. Someday, I'm going to have to teach them to leave the blankets on the bed, I suppose. Or at least to remake them. :-) Although they do have other toys, mostly my kids play with the blankets off their bed and boxes from the grocery store. Someday, I’m going to have to teach them to leave the blankets on the bed, I suppose. Or at least to remake them. :-)

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