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

What's obvious?? My daughter adores her Barbie Dreamhouse. They instil really good moral values actually. They currently have the 'You can be anything' tag line and have career dolls. Showing girls that even though they're girls, they can still do any job, It's helped DD to decide she wants to be a Firefighter!
Also, studies by Cardiff University, have shown that playing with Dolls helps to develop empathy and social skills.

Source-: www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2604188-doll-play-prompts-children-to-talk-about-others-thoughts-and-emotions-new-study

@Growlybear83 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2604188-doll-play-prompts-children-to-talk-about-others-thoughts-and-emotions-new-study

Thanks for letting me know, I had no idea!
I do think the 1990s were terrible in particular with not just the original barbies girls played with but also the fashion industry with models with extremely thin bodies like Kate Moss. So glad it's changed now ( for all our teen girls). Great Barbie normalised normal body shapes x

LOL Dolls
They look like they’re wearing inappropriate clothes and I’m just not keen on the vibe

Anything gaming related (Xbox, Nintendo, VR goggles, I don't even know what half these things are called). I'm so glad I've never introduced them -DC are 14 and 11 and blissfully unaware. They have some small games on their phones but nothing that dominates or takes up time or space. DC1 has the kind of personality which would easily become totally obsessed and addicted to anything gameified, hence it's not crossing our threshold.

Yep, slime (and glitter, only allowed at Christmas!) for the older one and anything Peppa pig for the little one, he's not even aware of Peppa yet and I'd like to keep it that way.

I'm a bit of a dinosaur and I only remembered the original Barbie from.the 80s and 90s
The one with the million outfits. The pink car. The one that only wanted to make herself pretty and have that boyfriend Ken.

It seems that the marketing department is clever enough to see that's not selling now. I am glad they have changed the story. So the world must have changed otherwise they wouldn't have bothered changing Barbie. I'm glad this happend. I found out today.
(Sorry I literally didn't have a clue).

Not a toy as such, but those kids lollipops sweets with the whistle. Like an out of tune recorder.

Slime and playdough... after an unfortunate incident with the living room carpet that gives me the rage every time I see it

Only thing that has been banned here is choking hazards
Any toy or messy play allowed here! I will miss the loud vtech noises and singing toys in a few years time! My DD4 is ASD and is a sensory seeker so anything with bright lights and loud singing noises is always her favourite toy 😂

I never banned Barbies or Sindies - it was just baby dolls. I can understand the benefits of playing with dolls like that, but I don't think the same would apply with baby dolls because the way children play with them is different. My daughter was never interested in Barbies - someone gave her a Bratz doll once but she didn't play with her much, and just always played with her Sylvanians. I think the way in which children play with toys like Sylvanian Families is very similar to Barbies.

Guns

Mattel love pushing this story but when you actually try to buy them they are incredibly difficult to find. 99 % of Barbies that are sold have the incredibly exaggerated long thin limbs.

As far as the 'we made a Barbie of this famous female scientist / astronaut / engineer /sports person / popstar' those Barbies are one offs that you can't buy, it's just a marketing tool.

Not had to ban anything yet, we love all the messy stuff.
I probably wouldn’t allow realistic weapons, but that’s it.

@JaninaDuszejko the Barbie's of different shapes, sizes, skin colours and with disabilities aren't hard to get !
They are sold in every toy shop everywhere.

Regarding the careers of Barbie, these are really easy to find and buy. You can buy the astronaut, firefighter, doctor, pilot, vet, marine biologist, baker, gymnast, florist, farm vet, art teacher, chef, dentist, ballerina, footballer, coach, seamstress, musician etc all on Amazon for similar prices to any of the others (just in case anyone is having difficulty finding them). She really can be anything nowadays!

My DD loves LOL dolls but I've refused the bigger ones when I saw the underwear they had painted on! WTF?!

In my case got old enough to buy my own. I really liked my luger.

ah we love those!!! But they're a beach day treat....somewhere wide and open where the sound gets lost quickly!

Wouldn't say anything is 'banned' but I don't buy anything which resembles a weapon, slime, glitter, things without off switches, kinetic sand...in fact any kind of sand. We haven't graduated into any sort of action figure/doll type toys yet. Not even sure what age they start to want such things but there've been no requests yet!

However, DS was bought a nerf gun by a friend and it's still here. My dad also taught the kids to make bows and arrows, everything from selecting the type of wood etc like he did when he was a boy, so they have those. We got a pot of slime in a party bag (but it's been ahem 'lost' quite a few times)...so things have entered the house. Just weren't introduced by me so am not actively encouraging it.

I feel like a real fun sponge now I've written it all out 😂 Am not afraid of mess. We make playdough quite a bit, and oobleck! And have those water balls which came in a flower arrangement once, they're well loved. We also have those hama beads from my childhood so are using up those but probably wouldn't buy more once they're gone. We do lots and lots of messy crafting without the glitter aspect. Just try to keep it pretty environmentally friendly. Agree with the pp's that if they don't have a toy gun then a stick of any sort is an instant replacement. I don't 'ban' that sort of play. Am all for imagination even if the gun part doesn't thrill me. And finally have a healthy box of musical instruments, so maybe on balance we're doing okay!

Why do people hate toy guns and Nerf so much? If kids go as far as to make their own surely its something they enjoy playing with?

@BarbadosItsCloserThanYouThink idk how to write this without it sounding condescending, so instead I'll just say that I really don't mean this to sound impolite so please read it in a nice/helpful way...Is that a rhetorical question or something that you're genuinely not understanding? I can just often easily understand someones viewpoint even if it doesn't match mine....but perhaps this isn't the same for you?

My kids are late teens/twenty now, but the only thing I absolutely refused to let them have was a trampoline. I hate the fucking things.

I'm okay with messy things (slime, glitter, kinetic sand, poster paints, clay, etc.) but we only use them in rooms with hard floors, and under close supervision.

But I don't buy realistic looking weapons, I just don't see how any good can come from toys which resemble killing tools.

I'm not staunch about it, we do have supershooters (water guns) for use in the garden for example, but they don't look like actual guns.

Never banned anything. If I can afford it and they want it, they can have it. All good kids so far, no psychopathic tendencies 🤣