Home
Log in / Sign Up
    Private Messages   Advanced Search   Rules   New User Guide   FAQ   Advertise   Contact Us  
Forum -> Parenting our children
Children breaking toys and other things



Post new topic   Reply to topic View latest: 24h 48h 72h

amother
OP


 

Post Thu, Jan 16 2020, 1:54 pm
Is this normal? My two ds's, 4 and 5 years old, break quite literally every toy we give them. Especially the 5 year old. Any toy car, flashlight, plastic animal, toy phone, anything ends up being broken after a few days. It doesn't end there. Dh's and my things also get broken. Or lost - taken away and left in odd places. Puzzle pieces, pens, magnet tiles, lego all get lost, dispersed throughout the house and garden. So do shoes. Tonight ds 5 damaged a valuable toy that he got from his grandma abroad and that can't be replaced here. He's so utterly careless! Dh and I weren't like that as children. We still have some of our own decades old toys in boxes, unbroken. Why are our children so ruthless towards possessions, their own and ours?
Back to top

Stars




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 16 2020, 2:05 pm
First of all today's toys are made of junk, so you can't compare them to toys from 25-45 years ago. But secondly, some kids are mazikim by nature. The only thing you can do is keep breakables out of their reach and lecture and lecture and lecture and lecture again about stuff they do manage to break. Don't give them long lectures obviously, but repeat "We have to be gentle" as much as needed.
Back to top

sleepybeauty




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 16 2020, 2:11 pm
I don’t think 5 year olds should be given valuable toys.
Back to top
Page 1 of 1 Recent Topics




Post new topic   Reply to topic    Forum -> Parenting our children

Related Topics Replies Last Post
Questions for published children books authors
by amother
3 Yesterday at 11:00 pm View last post
Outdoor sensory table for older children
by amother
0 Yesterday at 11:44 am View last post
How to teach children not to talk to strangers
by amother
4 Wed, Mar 27 2024, 3:49 pm View last post
Please help me purchase toys for Yom Tov
by amother
23 Tue, Mar 26 2024, 3:45 pm View last post
Please don't bring babies or young children to megillah
by dena613
166 Mon, Mar 25 2024, 5:43 pm View last post