Consumer Electronics/school

Indie_Kid

I remember having similar at school and people (including me) mostly brought in board games and the like.

building_with_lego

My child's Junior school used to allow children to bring in electronic games on the last day of term. I used to seethe quietly and send mine in with proper games, and then the inevitable happened: a DS got stolen and electronic games were banned.

(How any parent would turn a blind eye to the sudden, unexplained appearance of a computer game in their home is beyond me but that's by- the- by.)

jellyhead

My 8 year old was recently allowed to bring in DS, etc. on 'toy day' but the letter said that school takes no responsibility for them and they recommend a board game or actual toy.

Not many kids took a DS in, despite most of them owning one. It's really good fun to be able to play board games and table-top games with other children.

Mine took his DS, but it was only him and one other, and they are both Pokemon mad, and spent their time comparing Pokemon and watching each other game, so it was quite sociable. Both boys voluntarily put down the DS and went to play with actual toys or games though.

I was a bit wary because other children might drop the DS, and there is one girl in the class who frequently steals from the other children. But I told him it was at his own risk, and if it got lost or stolen then nobody would do anything to help him recover or replace it, and he said that was fine, and it was worth the risk to have a Pokemon session with his mate.

Back when I was a kid some of the others took in very expensive toys, and electronic toys that were too expensive for my mum to buy for us.