What are the favourite "toys" in your house?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

notanewuser wrote: »

Can't bear Peppa Pig - she's a brat with sexist parents.

I was subjected to Peppa Pig for the first time on Sunday morning. I hid under the blanket on the sofa and tried to pretend it wasn't happening. It was utter crud.



The sooner kids get into Marvel comics, the better, IMO.




Mine were most interested in crayons, painting and sitting in the bath with various containers. Except for the eldest; her most favourite toys were the brand new box of washing powder and the floor, tubes of glitter, bows and the cat and my perfume and bubblebath - which taught me the number one rule of parenting;


'If there is no noise - they're up to something'

JimmyTheWig

notanewuser wrote: »

Can't bear Peppa Pig - she's a brat with sexist parents.

In what way are Peppa's parents sexist?

notanewuser

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

In what way are Peppa's parents sexist?

I caught one episode at a friend's house where the line " mummies don't do............" was used repeatedly. Don't know what it was, but asked friends who have also winced at some of the parental sexism.

JimmyTheWig

notanewuser wrote: »

I caught one episode at a friend's house where the line " mummies don't do............" was used repeatedly.

Doesn't sound familiar.

LEJC

OH my goodness...this poor thread isnt even past the first page and its already gone off in in so many different directions.....

Its what I love about MSE!

notanewuser

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Doesn't sound familiar.

I'm not about to watch them all to find it!

hgotsparkle

kettlefish wrote: »

My DD (she is 2 next month) does play with her toys, but often not in the way intended! For example she has a toy called Kettle Cottage (a house which happens to be shaped like a kettle) which is her "briefcase", she puts crayons in it and goes to "work". Her toy food becomes instruments or "teddy footballs", and the box is used as a doll's bed. She has a toy kitchen with 2 shelves in the oven: "baby's bunk bed."

Made me chuckle. I love when kids use their imagination and think what else a toy can turn into

TeamLowe

My niece is 15 months and a grandparent taught her 'hat' so any box is a hat, or she likes to pat each of our heads and say 'hat'

Only problem is when she did it to herself, she discovers there's a bobble/clip in her hair so she pulls it out.

That's why I say a grandparent taught her, her mum isn't too happy with the trick and they keep blaming each other lol

Raksha

hgotsparkle wrote: »

Made me chuckle. I love when kids use their imagination and think what else a toy can turn into

Like curves of brio train tack for guns... we're not an anti gun household, i just hadn't bought them gu s at that point

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

notanewuser wrote: »

I'm not about to watch them all to find it!

Apparently, said small child's Peppa Pig viewing is why she's been a little forthright about the fact I have a big tummy. It's very educational to teach small children to be rude about others without any understanding that it is rude or possibly hurtful, just so long as it's a badly drawn pig that they learn it from.




I would have been quite happy not knowing anything about the show. But that's the occupational hazard of dating someone with a kid, I suppose.