Last year parents have spent about 190 euros on toys for their children. If we calculate also the videogames, than it would be 302 euros. The import didn’t grow, but because the prices are stable, can we say that there is more sold. With those marks, the Belgian market scores better than the average in the 15 countries of Europe. It represents 2,4% of the Belgian market. Videogames are very wanted; almost 37% of the budget went to those games. But who decides on what the money is given? The OIVO inquired many people and what can we say? Almost 70% of the children decides themselves which toys they want to have. Until the age of twelve, toys are the most important, but when they become fourteen, almost 90% will choose videogames.
I can’t say that this article shocked me, not at all in fact. If you see how children are getting spoiled and how expensive toys have become, I think it is a normal evolution. Not that I think that it is a good evolution. There is a lot of social pressure and parents often want that their children get the best, although they should need the money for other things. Producers are also very clever. They produce expensive toys or games, but they make also a lot of extra, expensive things for it. Like for example the play station it’s very expensive, but you have to buy all the games separately, and you pay for those also a large amount of money.
Els
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I think it isn't a good thing to spend that amount of money on toys for your kids. Growing older he will be fed up with it, and he will want other toys. Back in the days children were content with the simplest things, in my opinion we should go back to that. Children would get fitter, less lazy, less spoiled and maybe even happier! So parents should buy toys, but don't have to exagerate, their money could be spend on more important things for their kids.
Laura
The nowadays child is becoming to spoiled. The parents educate their chidren to materialistic. The child will take it for granted that the next toy is larger than the last one. I can't realise that their are children who aren't satisfied with just a football as a gift. In my opinion it's the fault of the parents that the amount for toys is becoming larger and larger.
Jan
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