It’s better if your kids have a few great quality toys than a lot of poor quality ones

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Do you agree with this?
how little is too little or how much is too much?
is it worth buying expensive toys if they’re going to grow out of them?

Some toys aren't generally quickly grown out of: balls, bricks, animal figures, dolls and accessories, make believe and dress up, cars/trucks, musical instruments...

Definitely yes. Fewer toys means more creativity, and they can actually find what they want rather than just having a sea of crap.

Honestly, children like crap. I think DS got more genuine joy and mileage and longevity out of a pink plastic springy thing with a hippo's head that he won in an arcade somewhere near LHR than he got from most of the thoughtful, responsibly sourced, beautifully produced toys he was given as presents over the years.

safe kitchen utensils can become toys. Keys were a great hit at our house.

Not sure kids are that bothered by quality, TBH!

Expensive ones tend to look better, though, which for some people is the point, obviously.

DS2 is 21 months old and has grown up in a house that was already full of crap toys and it was really interesting watching him learn to play and interact with them. With DS1 he only got toys that we'd chosen to give him or that he'd received as presents or hand-me-downs, so we were guiding the play more and choosing what toys he got when. But DS2 has never known a time when there wasn't a box full of animals, a box full of cars, a box full of blocks etc. He worked out for himself that he liked getting things out and putting them back in again. He knows what cupboards have interesting (to him) things in them and he'll go and empty them and rearrange the things. He also has a very strong sense of where everything goes (in his opinion). There are things he loves to play with that you wouldn't necessarily have given a baby as early as he got hold of them. It's not necessarily better, but I think he's definitely learning all the time from having lots of things to choose from.