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

In recent years, it is believed that kid’s gaming companies like Hamley’s are booming in the market. Parents spend a huge chunk of money on the gaming sections for their kids to get the latest ones and lure them to achieve good marks in academics. While there are advantages and

disadvantages

associated with

this

topic, the positive aspects take precedence over the drawbacks. ‘Learn through play is the theory given by some renowned Psychologists and states that play is an integral part of children’s life through which a child makes a sense of the world and surroundings. To illustrate

this

,

Games

like Scrabble improve vocabulary, Business gives an idea about Economics, Chess makes one’s mind sharp, Badminton makes one’s spontaneous and hard worker and so on.

Moreover

,

this

is another way of imparting education to children and makes them learn without formal education. Through play, a child will be able to develop oneself into different domains: physically, socially, emotionally and mentally. A recent research paper found that 75% of students with extra-curricular activities are having IQ of more than 85 than the students who are exposed to curricular activities only.

However

, there are some

disadvantages

when children get diverted from the Curriculum and a large number of hours are consumed by

games

. ‘Excessive of Everything is bad’ is an old saying but it’s totally true for the topic.

For example

,

Games

like PS4 and Counter’s Strike are like poison to the kids. They become so addicted to it that they forget everything about it and spend a huge volume of time on it and wasting not just a number of hours but

also

money on it.

Additionally

, as parents buy them more and more toys and their urge increases more and more for it and leading to spoiling their children. They are not able to concentrate on their studies which is more essential for that period of time rather spending time on video

games

. Despite

this

, these issues can be effectively addressed through consistent support and pose a minor threat to the aforementioned

disadvantages

.

Although

there are a few

disadvantages

regarding having bought more and more toys by parents, there are a plethora of advantages that outweigh the negative aspects.