Kurona wrote:I think Karyuudo may have been right with his first point. I see kids playing a lot more with iPhones and gaming devices than toys; including my own niece and nephew. I think something important to point out though is that while they won't stop getting toys... they'll be more likely to put more of their money towards electronic goods and/or ask their parents more for those than toys.
With my kids for example, we did do the toy thing with them until they were around 3 years old... of which they gravitated quickly to tablet / console games. Now that they're both 11 and 7, they have zero interest in purchasing toys... yet alone the thought about playing with them. It's all about using the tablet, and a very mild interest in watching cartoons at all. It wasn't until this past year that my oldest even cared about watching anything Star Wars related. While he does enjoy the movies and is casually watching the Tv series, he has no interest in the toys. I'm not sure if my situation is just an extreme case of things, but I'd be interested in hearing about what other parents have experienced.