We are at Christmas, dates to give and receive gifts especially from children, who are excited to receive the gifts they have requested in the letter of Father Christmas and / or that of the Magi.
This is at least what we have always thought, however it seems that not everyone is excited and that when there are too many, the illusion focuses on two or three gifts, with little left for the rest.
Dr. Alfonsa Lora, a member of the Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics (AEPap) and expert in attention deficit and hyperactivity in children and adolescents made a few days ago about it in which she said that "Children tend to choose a single toy, at most two. The rest will consider accessories and, if I saw them at a friend's house, they would like them, but not yours anymore. They have lost interest."
Recently he has participated in a joint information campaign with the Spanish Society of Outpatient Pediatrics and Primary Care (Sepeap) in order to remember that children do not need a lot of toys, but someone to play with: "A child does not choose to be alone if he has someone to play with. One must always think that the most expensive gift in the world will never cover the absence of a playmate, especially if these are the parents. A clear example is the balls, despite his long career as a toy, remains at the top of the list because it represents precisely play in company, equipment, outdoors and negotiation ... Everything that a toy can be asked for ".
He also commented on the importance of avoiding, as far as possible, those elements that function as "insulators" for children. 40% of children have television in their room and that makes them lose a lot of contact, a lot of play and a lot of dialogue with parents: "Change that gift for a bicycle and take him for a walk with family or friends along the promenade or a nearby greenway!", Indian.
I agree with the comments made by Dr. Lora because on the 25th I almost had to convince my son to continue opening other gifts ... Once two were opened, he stayed playing with them and I had to insist that there were others to open.
I even remedy a situation in which, being Jon tiny, when he opened a gift he had more fun with the box and the wrapper than with the gift itself (which is what I wanted to show in the illustration).
Children what they want, more than anything in the world, is to be with your parents and feel loved, beloved, heard and understood.
Contrary to what many people think, they are not born in need of material things to satisfy their lives. It is we, the system and in general the whole society, that create those needs. Toys are a very effective tool for children's development, fun and learning, but as they say from the Aepap, it is preferable to give few toys.
Personally, I have to confess that this issue is quite bad. Many adults for few children and we all want to give ...
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