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Reccomended Ages on Toys ?
How do they come up with the recommended ages on toys? Is there a system? Does someone throw a dart at a chart?
I bought BabyLiu a tiny watering can and garden tools so she doesn't keep going for mine. When I got home I saw that the watering can was for ages 6 and up. Why? Is it because it can be weaponized? Because I think she can weaponize nearly anything right now. I don't get it.
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Re: Reccomended Ages on Toys ?
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I think the answer is somewhere in these 313 pages. http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/adg.pdf
I know somebody who works for a toy company and he says that most of it is safety/small part related.
a lot of it has to do with small parts/choking - anything with small parts will be age 3+ for sure.
danger plays a role (ie- the foam stomp rocket Jrs are for ages 3+ but the ones that have a plastic tip and go much higher = age 8+, or maybe it was 6+... either way- it's a danger issue).
but it's all general- you know your kid and what your kid is able to do, able to do safely, etc.
Ironically, I was more worried about my 8th graders with the jr stomp rocket than dd.
(I used them for our unit on quadratic equations)
My guess is for things that aren't games (and so suggesting a certain comprehension level) is that they get out of more safety requirements the older the age bracket. The break-ability of all the toys DD has for kids over 3 is far greater that the same (more expensive) version that is for kids under 3.
Not choking on small parts makes sense. Babyliu did try to eat bubble soap yesterday, so I can see 3+ on easily ingesible things. I'm still at a loss as to why her single piece watering can is marked for 6yos while her more easily weaponized metal trowel was marked as 4+.
I would've liked math a lot more if you'd been my teacher. I hope babyliu is luckier.
the guy behind the counter at the local foo-foo toy store (how's that for a source) said that they basically run a car over a toy, and if any of the pieces breaks small enough to be swallowed, it will have a 3+ age on it.
(in other words, if it's possibly broken into a choking hazard, they don't want you giving it to a kid who will still possibly try to swallow it).
Beyond that, it's a matter of stuff being developmentally appropriate, etc.
We use them as a "guideline," not necessarily a hard and fast rule.
ETA: plus, with siblings, it's nearly impossible to enforce. If I freaked out every time the Boy had a 3+ toy, I'd never get a chance to Nest.
I am the 99%.
Ditto. Choking hazards are really my only concern.