Toys

Toy stores are fun for anyone to go into, so for this assignment I went to an actual toy store. For me a toy aisle wasn’t good enough. I wanted that childlike feeling of joy, wonder, and awe. The story is a little shop down on Massachusetts Avenue (Mass. Ave.) called “Mass. Ave. Toy Shop. It has been one of my favorite places to go since I was little and I thought it would be great for this assignment. The reason I did is because this store is a little different, not like your traditional toy aisle in Walmart. I want to start this paper off by talking about the arrangement of the store, it is one of my favorite things about this place. The store is not split up into gendered sections, there is no sign that says boys or girls. The great thing…

For the interview , I asked a Quincey -playing in the building area, building with blocks, what is favorite toy was, and he grabbed some building blocks, and stacked them ,and replied ” Blocks are my favorite toys , especially the green ones.” I asked him “why” , and he responded that - “you can build towers.” He said “you can build a red tower, a blue one, a green one, and lastly a yellow one.” Quincey stated he also enjoyed counting them. He is fully engaged in building, and can build small…

Marketers and Influence of Toys Stereotyping on Children A group of 6-and 7-year-old boys is sent to the principal’s office. During school recess, they were caught chasing a few 5-year-old boys and tackling them to the ground. When told to stop, the older boys continued their behavior. The principal asks them why they are tackling the younger boys. The boys reply, “It’s a game. We’re the Power Rangers and they are the bad guys.” When asked if the younger boys wanted to play the game, the older…

Using toys to play holds a critical role in the intellectual and social development of children. Children often use their daily playtime as a way to engage in the world around them. This play also helps them to have a better understanding of their surroundings. The most recent definition of play consists of five different criteria according to Pellegrini and Boyd (as cited in Toy Play in Infancy and Early Childhood: Normal Development and Special Considerations for Children with Disabilities,…

Roland Barthes “Toys” and Maria Edgeworth’s “Toys” they both talk about how toys have affected the culture for the good and the bad. Toys have had a big impact on the way children grow up; it has changed the culture since younger generations are becoming adults. While I was growing up as a child one of my favorite toys was the Gameboy. It had many different games that you could play. The Gameboy was a massive technologic advance that the children of my generation got to play with. I think it has…

An Analysis on Gendered Toys In western society we have a binary system for gender, we teach our kids about gender roles “society’s concept of how men and women are expected to look and how they should behave”, and expectations by the toys marketed toward them and parents buy them (OpenStax College 259). But how is it that the toys children play with enforce gender roles? The toys marketed to children have hidden aspects, demonstrating how we expect children to behave “based on norms, or…

As I walked down the toy section of Target I was looking for a toy that I would have used as a child. With the knowledge I have today I will be able to relate the toys I used as a child with toys used by girls and explore the role of toys in the socialization of children in sport and exercise. The toy that I choose was a Minion Big Wheel Tricycle. This toy was targeted more towards boys because on the front of the box there was a boy riding it. There were no girls on the box at all as well as…

During my visit to Wal-Mart’s toy aisle I noticed that construction toys, cars, and action figures were all in the boy aisle; however, the girl was mostly pink with Barbie’s, kitchen sets, and baby dolls. Doing research I then learned that Wal-Mart is portraying “Gender Based Marketing.” Wal-Mart’s choice of using the color blue for the boy’s aisle and pink section for the girl’s aisle traditionally known to be classified to a particular gender. Toys packaging is targeted through color, wording,…

You go to your local toy store, and as you're walking down the aisles you notice how the toys are divided. In one of the aisles you see toys such as ‘The Projects’ Building set, and ‘Housekeeper’ dress up kit which includes dolls with darker complexion. You then go to the next aisle that has “Billion Dollar Ken” doll and “Future Architect” building set whose advertisement displays children with lighter complexion. In 2012 The New York Times presented a similar scenario (Sweet, 2012), in which…

As a child and now as an adult I have always enjoyed toys, so this report will be reporting on children’s gender and toys. While shopping for my family and friends children for birthdays and Christmas I will play with the toys to check them out to see if they would enjoy the item chosen. It takes me back in time as a child and the memories that I had, so it can be extremely difficult being and adult shopping for kids. I contacted and spoke to Kathy at Hasbro Toy Company who completed my…