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[quote=Anonymous]Here are my 2 cents...

It is easy (and good) to limit plastics when your child is a baby/infant.  It is pretty easy to find good wooden and other toys that your child will enjoy.

As another poster mentioned, limiting these types of toys when your child gets older (i.e., preschool and elementary school) is pretty much impossible.  My 5 yo DS is obsessed with Bakugan and Ben 10.  He didn't become obsessed with this stuff by us (his parents) but b/c one of his classmates (with older brothers) was really into it.  He got into it too so you know what?  We've got a lot of Bakugan toys lying around.  At some point, when your kid starts going to school, having playdates, you are faced with a choice - (1) stick to your principles and refuse to buy these toys and watch your kid get ostracized at school or (2) give in and limit it as best you can.

While it may be easy for you (right now) to say - hey, I'm not letting my kids watch this stuff on TV, play with this stuff, etc. - trust me, you will be singing a different tune if your kid is pretty much ostracized for it.  And don't kid yourself into thinking your adorable, sweet kid is nice/cool/awesome enough that his/her peers will like him/her regardless.  It just doesn't work like that.  After your child hasn't gotten invited to a few birthday parties, etc. that *all* the kids are talking about at school, and comes home crying, you will have to decide what is more important to you...[/quote]

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