Dangerous games: how harmful toys affect your child and what to do about it

The first children's toys appeared in the Paleolithic. Of ritual figurines, with the help of which adults talked with gods. Therefore, good toys are still involved in the formation of emotions, speech and memory of the child. And  harmful toys can slow down emotional and physical development. Change his gender orientation or form such qualities as cruelty, indifference. Let understand what poor-quality toys are and see how they can harm a child.

• We determine the harm of a toy by age value
• What harmful toys can interfere with the development of a child
• We look at material of manufacture: the most unsafe toys
• How the State Helps Parents Identify Harmful Toys

We determine the harm of the toy by the age value

All rattles, dolls, teddy bears, excavators and construction sets are divided into 5 age groups: up to years, up to 3 years, up to 5, up to 10, from 10 years to infinity. This characteristic of the item is indicated on packaging or certificate.

It's good if a child is interested in toys of his age category. It’s great when he masters the functionality of those designed for older children. And very bad when it "goes down" a step back. Such toys become harmful for him in terms of inhibition of development. Or they honk to their parents — not all is well in terms of mental or emotional growth.

What harmful toys can interfere with the development of a child

Experienced educators and  psychologists will tell you that good toys are:

1. Motor — ball, top.

2. Touch or music — rattle or kaleidoscope.

3. Design — dolls, soldiers, animals, cars.

4. Household & social — bucket with scoop, tractor with trailer, hairdresser's set, Barbie house.

5. Prefabricated — constructors, wooden puzzles, puzzles.

And here the harmful include a mechanical robot, an integrated railway, a controlled car. Why? A lot of work has gone into them. They are expensive. But  it is these perfect toys that do not allow children's imagination and  creativity to roam. With & nbsp; for the benefit of themselves, the child can only disassemble them. But it will not please parents who know how much such a thing costs.

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Look at manufacturing material: the most unsafe toys

Before World War I, toys for European princesses and daughters of industrialists were made from porcelain — dolls, miniature dinner sets. The children of the poor played with homemade rag dolls, balls and sticks, which turned either into a horse or into a gun. We grew up in the era of plastic gnomes and rubber cheburashkas. Today, approaches to the quality of game materials have been completely revised, so the following are considered harmful toys:

1. Products fur felt — dust accumulates in them. They provoke allergies.

2. Uncertified plastic or rubber items. Toxic.

3. Porcelain, clay dolls leave to collectors. They can be beaten, causing harm to their little master.

4. Metal objects. "Immortal" but traumatic. Do you still remember that scary story about magnetic metal balls? Fashionable novelty — transformer made of metal globules. Children played, accidentally swallowed them, and then they were attracted to each other in the  intestines, forming adhesions.

It is best for children to buy or make their own play items from natural fabrics and wood.

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How the state helps parents identify harmful toys

All toys that are sold on the territory of the state undergo mandatory certification.

1. The analysis begins with a socio-psychological examination. It is at this stage that products with doubtful emotional, sadistic or sexual load are excluded.

2. After that, the safety of a particular toy is assessed. A typical sample is checked for burning rate, color brightness, presence of small and tearing parts, material toxicity, and the likelihood of injury. There are about 100 characteristics in the expertise, therefore no one harmful toy will receive the certificate.

How to Avoid Harmful Toys: A Short Child Safety Cheat Sheet

We buy only certified items in the store. We observe how the child uses your gift. A huge number of toys — this is also harmful. So the value of things is leveled in children. Well, the most useful toys are those that parents made with their own hands. In addition to developing meaning, they are charged with a positive emotional meaning.

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