What toy do you refuse to allow in the house?

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Here it’s slime. There’s no need for it and it’s just a load of mess. I don’t want it all mashed into the carpet which my 9 year old would do. He is the type who would also leave it somewhere, then staining and ruining stuff

DS once made a gun out of a slice of toast by nibbling it 😂now he's a 13yo animal-loving pacifist.

We don't have carpets, so slime was fine, as was play doh. He never took any interest in glitter or kinetic sand, thank god.

Anything that needed big batteries, like those big square Ds, or pissy little C-something watch batteries. We never bought anything that needed them, but were given some as gifts.

The worst thing he has is a wooden train whistle - wood, who knew?!

weapons basically.... no toy guns, knives, bows and arrows.. no weapon! i accept that kids will be kids and they will pretend sticks are guns ans swords and i'm all good with that, but i will not and do no actively encourage play with weapons...

Elf on the fucking shelf. Already being badgered for one. It’s not the magic of Christmas, and I don’t care you have one and say its leg is broken so you don’t have to come up with a whimsical tableau for it, it’s bullshit and it needs to go out of fashion.

Guns

Realistic guns

Kinetic sand and clay pottery making set given as gifts and discreetly hidden

Jewellery making kits with loads of tiny beads

I don’t really consider this a toy but I agree on this. We don’t have an elf. I was feeling a little
guilty when they were younger after seeing
photos on fb, but then I reminded myself that i
didn’t need to keep up with the parentashions and the kids never asked for one in the first place!

Yes, slime and little stretchy plastic things that are supposed to move down windows but which greasy marks on walls and get stuck on the ceilings.

1,000% yes Something fun luckily it was easy for us to bypass that little shitter. Although during the Christmas of 2020 many people on here put him under a glass bell jar/in a tupperware box and said he had covid and to quarantine for two weeks!

Toy advent calendars - we were given a Playmobil one and a Lego one, years ago, both shit. DS preferred the chocolate and jokes in the reusable calendar I'd made when I was pregnant with him.

Not in the house but those sand trays in the garden- sand is the devil

I banned toy guns, but DS and his little friend built their own out of Lego. At least there was a creative element I suppose.

Kinetic sand wasn't a thing back then, but I had play dough. That wasnt too bad because it dried and you could hoover it up, but Plasticine was murder, really oily and staining.

Peppa Pig. Condescending little shit.

I banned guns and any violent or military type stuff. Yes, they sometimes make them out of LEGO or use sticks. So what?

I didn't allow toy guns (other than water pistols which don't count especially if they're neon green and orange), but my youngest DS had other ideas...

He once wedged TNT fir cones under all the door handles of my car whilst we were having a lovely forest picnic, apparently with the aim of "blowing you up mummy hahahahahaha"

I never allowed anything that needed painting by kids. No thanks

I also didn't allow portable screens until they were secondary age. They weren't deprived, we had a Wii to play on and a TV they could watch, but nothing they could squirrel away in their rooms with.

Guns
Slime
X Box (we have a Switch)
Smart-phone based games
Social media
Crap quality plastic tat (e.g. Octonauts/Peppa Pig playsets)

Anything with small magnets in it, at least until DS is much older and knows not to swallow them.
He was given a toy for his first birthday with them in, that clearly said age 3+ and from a family member who should have known better. The magnets were hidden inside the toy, but toys can get broken and I didn't want to be on red alert every time he played with it.
Yes I'm a paranoid mum of PFB, but just don't think it's worth the risks.

Dogs aren't toys 😂

Oh no! I should allow glasses in my house 🤣🤣

Regarding guns when DS was at his playgroup they weren't allowed. When the mid morning snack of toast was served lots of the children bit their toast into the shape of a gun and charged around making shooting noises. If they like something they will find a way by making them from sticks, lego or toast!
DS loved playing with guns, swords, bows and arrows, camouflage clothing and said he wanted to be a soldier. He grew up and is Head of Languages in a secondary school.
My pet hates were anything super noisy or really messy like glitter.

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I get really worried about balloons. They do make it through the door, but I am glad when the time comes to chuck them in the bin.

In a gift shop with my DDs, I said they could spend their pocket money on anything they liked, DD2 made a beeline for the plastic AK, I had to eat my words immediately 😅persuaded her a bow and arrow would be a better choice...it's a sport, right?

But if it was a choice between an automatic weapon and Elf on the Shelf...

@TheVeryAngryCaterpillar I think a bow and arrow is ok because in this day and age it's (rarely)used as a weapon to kill. It is more of a sport and skill.
Water guns or NERF guns I think are ok too as with those the aim of the game is to get the other person/team soaking wet or hit by a piece of foam. It's not pretending to actually kill someone.
But "real" looking toy guns are based on an item that it's purpose is to kill.
It's a bit depressing if children want to pretend to kill one another.