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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Your 7.5 yr old is nowhere near aging out of toys, unless you either rush or shame him into it.  My boys didn't fully stop playing with toys until they were teens.[/b]

That said, I understand that you don't want more. Don't buy anything.  Make birthday parties "no gifts".  Clean out what you have, make sure everything is age appropriate.  That's about all you can do though.[/quote]

Disagree. I also have a 7.5 year old boy and he is all about sports/physical activity, has never really been a toy kid except a trains/tracks phase as a toddler. So he likes sports equipment, trampoline, NERF type stuff, and playing tag or hide and go seek outside with friends. He has zero interest in plastic toys, transformers, toy cars, or in the Pokémon cards his classmates trade. And I’ve tried on numerous occasions to get him into stuff like legos, but he just doesn’t take to them them. He also has no interest in crafty/creative stuff (even with books he likes nonfiction over fiction). He actually likes getting nice athletic clothes (Under Armor, Nike, etc.) more than toys. That doesn’t mean he’s been rushed or shamed.

So most of the toys he receives for his birthday/Christmas get donated new in box (unless it seems like something a younger sibling may grow into). It feels wasteful, but I look at it as we’re helping others. [/quote]

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