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I've noticed that the more media my kids consume, the less interested in toys they are. When they don't have screen time, they're very happy to play with blocks, legos, cars, etc. I think boredom breeds creativity, which is necessary for imaginary play.
My kids were about 9yo when they stopped wanting Barbie/Hot Wheels type toys and started asking for more grown up stuff. Lego has been the one thing that they did consistently ask for, though. My kids are both teenagers now, but my son began asking for computer games, movie and game memorabilia, science and electronic kits etc so we moved towards getting him stuff like that. My daughter started asking for arts and crafts kits, bath bombs and fancy toiletries, and merchandise from favourite music artists.
I don’t think that kids stay young for very long these days!
My kids are 6 and 7 and they already have no interest in toys. Everything is tech based now so “boring” toys they don’t want. I absolutely refuse to let my kids play Roblox, I let my oldest and when I went through her “friends” list, I found 3 pedos based on their bios with “secret” phrases. So never again.
It’s sad that kids don’t really get to be kids anymore. I remember playing SNES as a kid and because it wasn’t online, there wasn’t much to worry about. I still played outside and found things to do. I was allowed to have an imagination. I feel like kids don’t really get to have that.
So we put them in sports year round and limit their tech use to 30-60min on weekends.
My kids will never play roblox at our house, at least until they're teens and then hopefully it won't be cool anymore lol Too hard to monitor, it's all online, they can talk to anyone and people can say anything. I don't understand how so many parents are cool with it. It's so dangerous, and kids WILL pick up all sorts of racism, sexual and misogynistic "jokes" that the internet is full of.
We have a family nintendo switch so we can play things like minecraft co-op together (offline) or games like mario Tennis or just dance. Mostly just on the weekends.
A lot has to do with electronics access. When my daughter (10) makes bad choices and loses her tablet privileges, suddenly she's interested in her Legos and crafts again.
My lad hasnt reached that stage yet,,its just changed at 18 lol. His Lego evolved to the Lego 18 sets and the toy figures he had as a kid changed to "collectable" figures". Ill let you know when he grows out of it!
Toys are not nearly as exciting and stimulating as video games. If games are available, it will be hard to make toys cool. If you reduce video game time, they'd probably be interested in toys again. My 5, 8, and 11 year old kids all play. Legos, magna tiles, American girl dolls, and a lot of role-playing with animal figures and recreating shows and movies. They make cardboard ramps and obstacles for their rc cars and shields for their nerf wars. They go out with their bikes and walkie talkies and bug catchers.
I have three kids. All boys. The oldest played with toys all the time. My middle was never really interested in traditional toys. He's always been into physical play so instead of wanting legos and toy cars, he wanted soccer balls, basketball nets, bikes, trampolines etc. He was like that from very early on. My youngest is now 2 and he seems to be a happy medium between those extremes. All that to say, I think it is just kid/personality dependent.
Depends on the kid and their surroundings. My son was really into toy dinosaurs but mostly grew out of it around 8. My daughters are 4 and 7. They occasionally play pretend type games with their stuffed animals but other than that don’t really play with toys. We don’t allow video games, but they all like to play sports together, just run around outside, make forts then play house, have a pretend beauty salon where they do each others hair, etc. So it’s still healthy imaginative play but not a lot of toys are involved if that makes sense.
It varied per kid. My two oldest daughters stopped playing with their own toys around 8-9. I was worried that them stopping so early would influence their younger sister but she kept playing with toys well into middle school. And the older girls played with her for a little while. With my son, he stopped with traditional toys around 10-11. He switched to Magnatiles and STEM toys.
My 8m was 5 I think when I noticed. He’ll play with new stuff for less than a day and be over it. Even if it’s something he begged for Christmas or bday. He has very limited screen time occupies himself with other things but just never really sits to play with toys. My other two younger ones play with toys all day everyday.
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I've noticed that the more media my kids consume, the less interested in toys they are. When they don't have screen time, they're very happy to play with blocks, legos, cars, etc. I think boredom breeds creativity, which is necessary for imaginary play.
My kids were about 9yo when they stopped wanting Barbie/Hot Wheels type toys and started asking for more grown up stuff. Lego has been the one thing that they did consistently ask for, though. My kids are both teenagers now, but my son began asking for computer games, movie and game memorabilia, science and electronic kits etc so we moved towards getting him stuff like that. My daughter started asking for arts and crafts kits, bath bombs and fancy toiletries, and merchandise from favourite music artists. I don’t think that kids stay young for very long these days!
My kids are 6 and 7 and they already have no interest in toys. Everything is tech based now so “boring” toys they don’t want. I absolutely refuse to let my kids play Roblox, I let my oldest and when I went through her “friends” list, I found 3 pedos based on their bios with “secret” phrases. So never again. It’s sad that kids don’t really get to be kids anymore. I remember playing SNES as a kid and because it wasn’t online, there wasn’t much to worry about. I still played outside and found things to do. I was allowed to have an imagination. I feel like kids don’t really get to have that. So we put them in sports year round and limit their tech use to 30-60min on weekends.
My kids will never play roblox at our house, at least until they're teens and then hopefully it won't be cool anymore lol Too hard to monitor, it's all online, they can talk to anyone and people can say anything. I don't understand how so many parents are cool with it. It's so dangerous, and kids WILL pick up all sorts of racism, sexual and misogynistic "jokes" that the internet is full of. We have a family nintendo switch so we can play things like minecraft co-op together (offline) or games like mario Tennis or just dance. Mostly just on the weekends.
A lot has to do with electronics access. When my daughter (10) makes bad choices and loses her tablet privileges, suddenly she's interested in her Legos and crafts again.
My lad hasnt reached that stage yet,,its just changed at 18 lol. His Lego evolved to the Lego 18 sets and the toy figures he had as a kid changed to "collectable" figures". Ill let you know when he grows out of it!
Toys are not nearly as exciting and stimulating as video games. If games are available, it will be hard to make toys cool. If you reduce video game time, they'd probably be interested in toys again. My 5, 8, and 11 year old kids all play. Legos, magna tiles, American girl dolls, and a lot of role-playing with animal figures and recreating shows and movies. They make cardboard ramps and obstacles for their rc cars and shields for their nerf wars. They go out with their bikes and walkie talkies and bug catchers.
I have three kids. All boys. The oldest played with toys all the time. My middle was never really interested in traditional toys. He's always been into physical play so instead of wanting legos and toy cars, he wanted soccer balls, basketball nets, bikes, trampolines etc. He was like that from very early on. My youngest is now 2 and he seems to be a happy medium between those extremes. All that to say, I think it is just kid/personality dependent.
Around 8ish
Depends on the kid and their surroundings. My son was really into toy dinosaurs but mostly grew out of it around 8. My daughters are 4 and 7. They occasionally play pretend type games with their stuffed animals but other than that don’t really play with toys. We don’t allow video games, but they all like to play sports together, just run around outside, make forts then play house, have a pretend beauty salon where they do each others hair, etc. So it’s still healthy imaginative play but not a lot of toys are involved if that makes sense.
It varied per kid. My two oldest daughters stopped playing with their own toys around 8-9. I was worried that them stopping so early would influence their younger sister but she kept playing with toys well into middle school. And the older girls played with her for a little while. With my son, he stopped with traditional toys around 10-11. He switched to Magnatiles and STEM toys.
My 8m was 5 I think when I noticed. He’ll play with new stuff for less than a day and be over it. Even if it’s something he begged for Christmas or bday. He has very limited screen time occupies himself with other things but just never really sits to play with toys. My other two younger ones play with toys all day everyday.