Vampires, zombies, monsters - the shelves of children's shops littered with scary toys. Children to him pulling the magnet, they are asked to buy. But what harm are scary toys? And whether there is a frightening characters use?
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Traditional toys frightening
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Koschey Immortal, Baba Yaga leshy - Traditional characters are the present embodiment of evil. They are endowed with negative traits, but they are not harmful to the psyche of the child, provided that the parents themselves are not intimidated. Traditional toys should be frightening for children.
They help children overcome fears. When a child sees the terrible characters, for example, during the performance itself or wear brand monster, he Koshchey Immortal live your fears, Throws negativity and aggression. The same effect in children's traditional toys terrible.
They help to distinguish between good and evil. Scary toys help the child understand the difference between good and evil. In fairy tales, good always wins, ie toys have a moral and educational goal.
Modern frightening toys
Modern toys look very realistic, but they are difficult to understand. Adults can not understand what the mission has character, then what to talk about the baby? Failure to understand the mission of the character forms a small child a distorted perception of reality.
Do not bear the educational role. Modern scary toys can be given both positive and negative traits. Moreover, frightening characters can and does carry a very positive traits and be positioned as a bright heroes. They can move to the side of good or evil, depending on the series. This erases the child line between good and evil, he does not know someone to be. It turns out that frightening toys that littered the shelves of children's shops for bad children.
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Buy toys frightening a child or not?
From 3 to 6 years. Until the age of three psychologists do not advise to buy baby toys frightening. In three years, it can be done. The fact that a child at that age plays familiar subjects experienced emotions. Negative characters help to win back the accumulated aggression. But frightening toys should not be in the field of view of the child. Their take out only during the game, then clean away. Games with scary characters must take place under the supervision of their parents, so that they can in time to help your child overcome negative emotions. It is better to give preference to the classic characters from familiar stories that will clearly show the difference between good and evil.
6 years and older. Children older than 6 years will not tolerate their emotions on toys. So they can safely buy toys frightening. But keep in mind the good character should be still more. See that game with scary toys are not turned into continuous wars and fights, offer your child try on a terrible character different roles, such as a patient, hurt, etc.
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