Yesterday, I witnessed this with my own eyes while visiting the supermarket.
Two elementary school students, who looked to be about ten years old, stood in front of the toy of the Ultraman card and carefully picked and chose, and the two also "bet" on the spot.
One of the elementary school students picked up a box of cards and said confidently, "I think there must be out-of-print laser cards in this box." ”
Another elementary school student responded unconvincedly: "I think this box in my hand is out of print." ”
The two people who did not give in to each other each each took out 18 yuan to pay, and then the two children sat on the ground and opened the card toy on the spot.
Unluckily, neither of the children found the cards they wanted, and in frustration, they threw the entire box of cards into the trash.
This move even the passers-by next to them can't see it, and kindly reminds them: "Why don't you want the card you just bought?" It's all brand new and it's a waste. ”
The two children replied disapprovingly: "We are not rare, we have already gathered, what we want is out of print." ”
Looking at this scene, as a mother, I fell into contemplation.
If you want to talk about toys such as Ultraman cards, I have also bought a lot for my children. At first, it was completely to meet the child's personal preferences, and did not think too much, but later with the children's more and more requirements, from ordinary cards to laser cards to 3D cards, a variety of card needs, let me decide to "brake in time".
I still remember when I refused to buy Ultraman cards for my child, the child cried incomprehensibly, and the old man who was distressed by the child at home could not help but help: "Just a few pieces, a dozen pieces of toys, the price is not expensive, the family is not short of these few dollars, why make the child unhappy?" ”
Is it because of money that children are rejected? The answer is not all.
In constantly satisfying the "desire" of children to buy, buy, and buy, I suddenly realized that what children are obsessed with is not the toy itself, but gradually formed a "gambling addiction behavior".
The so-called Ultraman card, if it is displayed on the shelf in a generous way to "buy and sell", I think it is not too much to meet the small requirements of children. But unfortunately, the merchant has seized the consumer psychology of primary school students' "experience stimulation", and the children's favorite cartoon toys will be scattered in the form of a small probability lottery to sell, so that children are deeply immersed in it and gradually addicted, so as to improve the probability of children repeating purchases.
On the market, the "gambling toys" wrapped in "fancy commercial gimmicks" are far more than this kind of set card, and these two "popular models" are also easy to be tricked.
★ Blind box
The "blind box economy" has set off a boom, and savvy merchants soon began to extend the types of blind boxes, quickly seizing the market for primary and secondary school students.
Archaeological blind boxes, hand-made blind boxes, toy blind boxes, and even stationery on the market have gradually been "blind boxes". These blind box products, which are beautifully packaged but have no content, quickly gained the "favor" of children, who rushed to buy them.
In my opinion, the behavior of children buying blind boxes has lost the actual meaning of commodity purchases, and they are more attracted by the "sense of surprise and excitement of opening blind boxes". They willingly fall into the "trap" designed by the merchant and buy continuously, repeatedly, and addictively.
★Lottery.
"Smashing golden eggs", "scratching cards" and other lottery models are very common in the market, in order to attract the attention of primary school students, many merchants will be some cartoon toys or novel electronic products directly into the lottery pool, so that children can experience the "lottery stimulation".
Maybe at first the children just couldn't resist the curiosity to try, but after trying it once, it gradually changed its taste, and I often saw children buying continuously and repeatedly in order to get their "good luck". In the eyes of simple children, this time do not win the lottery, the next time will definitely win the lottery, it is the temptation of this "gambling mentality" that makes children indulge in it and find it difficult to extricate themselves.
Similar to these "business principles" toys, I advise parents to keep their children away, it seems that each time only spend a little money, harmless, but the mental stimulation brought by this speculative mentality, the cognitive ability, self-control of children with limited "lethality" is great. It not only makes children prone to addiction and undermines children's self-discipline, but also is not conducive to the cultivation of children's correct consumption concept.
Over the years of mixing in the "parenting circle", I have found a phenomenon that most parents treat their children's toys with a "Buddhist" attitude, and the criteria for selecting toys are also children's preferences.
But in my opinion, the purchase of toys is not a trivial matter, the meaning given by toys is to open the skylight of children's wisdom, and the good use of toys is equivalent to the tool of wisdom enlightenment.
Therefore, I strongly recommend that parents spend more time when choosing children's toys, in line with the child's age characteristics as the premise, can not because the child likes, let them imitate the adult lifestyle prematurely, the consequences of this will only catalyze children precocious puberty, affecting their healthy growth. It is recommended that parents can choose some puzzle toys, such as: puzzles, Sudoku, assembled toys, etc. At the beginning, children may not be interested, but as long as parents are patiently guided, as far as possible to take time to play with their children, so that children can experience the happiness brought by similar educational toys, and children will gradually have a strong interest.
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