Some parents buy their kids a large number of toys to play with. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a child having a large number of toys?

Many people buy lots of

toys

for their

kids

. While

this

can be beneficial in stimulating the child’s development, an oversupply of

toys

can just as much cause children to lose concentration and

additionally

they start taking the many

toys

for granted. On the one hand, buying many different

toys

for children may be a great way to encourage a child’s cognitive and fine motor development. Especially educational

toys

are a fantastic way to teach a child basic skills

such

as recognising the alphabet and numbers, or training hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

For example

, a child who has a variety of

toys

that teach familiarity with numbers may find it easier to understand basic numeracy at primary school. The downside of an oversupply of

toys

is that

kids

can quickly become overstimulated and lose interest and even become frustrated. If there are too many items to choose from, young children find it hard to pick something and stick to it for a while. Their self-initiated play may

also

become compromised as they learn to expect items to entertain them and don’t get much practice using their imagination.

For instance

, after a birthday party with lots of gifts, my daughter usually only plays with the new items for a day or two before getting bored with them. She has a few

toys

that she loves dearly and will play with time and again. On balance, it can be said that while

kids

who are surrounded by lots of

toys

, might find

this

beneficial in many learning aspects, the arguments against having too many

toys

outweigh the position. Too many

toys

will leave the

kids

distracted and unable to concentrate and might

subsequently

have longer-term consequences for their learning.