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[quote=Anonymous]I keep reading posts on DCUM from parents who don't want any more toys in the house and plan to make their kids give away toys in order to be able to receive new ones. Given the size of the average house, even in the DMV, I have a hard time believing that there isn't room for kids to keep more toys.

I grew up lower working class, so we couldn't afford more than a couple of Barbies and we'd sew most of her outfits ourselves since the ones they sold at the store were so expensive. I remember saving to buy Barbie new shoes because I didn't like it if her shoes didn't match the outfits I sewed for her. We eventually had a lot of Barbie "stuff" in our collection that we added to for years. The whole point for us of playing with Barbie was to assemble a little Barbie "world" where she could engage in various activities, like dancing with Ken or swimming at the beach and you needed stuff in order to set the stage for her. You'd never want to give away her pool just because someone gave you the Barbie convertible car. You wanted her to be able to drive to her pool in her car. We were over the moon when we got her beach house and a dune buggy one year! If our parents had restricted us to giving away one Barbie item once we got a new one, it just would have been heartbreaking and would have seriously pissed me off.  With my child, I didn't make him get rid of one Lego set because he got another one. Same for his Matchbox cars and his Beyblade collections.  He had tons of them, and he knew all of their names and characteristics. If one had gone missing he'd definitely have noticed. He even had 2-3 bowls to "battle" them in, if I recall correctly.

What's the harm in letting kids have an abundance of something they really enjoy? I'm not saying anyone should run out and spend extravagantly all at once. But what's with the automatic anti-things attitude so many people have? Do people also oppose collecting comic books, stamps, or baseball cards?[/quote]

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