How often do you find that your child is constantly imitating his favorite cartoon character? He does not sleep or eat, demanding the constant presence of his idol. Or is it just a safe hobby and will pass with age?
Collect the collection
In many chain stores, promotions are held, accompanied by a bright advertisement with the slogan: "Collect the whole collection." And most children take this call as a guide to action. The child is sure that if he does not receive another character from the collection, he loses something important. Indeed, in the kindergarten, many children have already collected it. The kid is not interested in the character itself, it is important for him not to become an outsider. And therein lies the danger: consumer motivation begins to prevail over cognitive motivation. In other words, the child is not interested in the history of toys, but in their quantity. Growing up, he will be at the forefront of a trendy phone or branded sneakers. If the parents cannot provide him with what he wants, then this will affect his self-esteem. After all, from an early age he was used to measuring success by the number of "collections".
To avoid this, parents need to stop thinking that without buying another toy, the child will cease to be happy in childhood or he will be the worst in kindergarten. If the kid is fixated on some robots, then try to switch attention to other toys. Learn the history of the creation of bricks, toy cars, constructors, or come up with something together.
Narrow horizons
It also happens that your child agrees to watch only cartoons with your favorite hero or listen to fairy tales about him. He doesn't want to see or hear anything else. As a result, the child's outlook narrows and it becomes difficult for the child to assimilate new information that is not related to the beloved character. Subsequently, he will refuse to learn letters without the image of his idol, and so on.
His favorite toy can help to captivate a child with something new. Place the child on the crib with the toy and tell her that she really wants to listen to a new fairy tale, watch a cartoon. Be persistent and consistent. At first, the baby will be capricious, but repeated repetition of the request from the toy without raising his voice will lead to the desired result.
Better less
When a child appears in a family, he becomes the center of the life of all close and dear people. Parents give him gifts. After all, in their childhood there was no such diversity. Caring grandparents delve into the technical characteristics of transformers, begin to understand constructors, study doll fashion. At this point, the child begins to lose the value of new things. One car broke down, nothing, grandpa will buy ten new ones. And in order to return the child to the joy of a new toy, you will have to reduce their number. There may not be so many toys, but they will again become desirable. It will be interesting to play with them, not break.
In an effort to give the child everything that we did not have, we cultivate in him a consumer attitude towards everything. But it is important, when the child grows up, that he be guided not only by material values, but also by spiritual ones. He was grateful and patient.
