Children’s toys do create social and emotional problems due to the design of the toy, the level of violence, and the message the toy sends mentally.
Without realizing it, the design of a toy is a way of creating emotional problems among children. First, let’s start off with Barbie. Barbie was invented in 1959 by a young lady named Ruth Handler. Barbie became one of the most distinguished dolls, due to her beauty and figure. Barbie was engineered with a very small waist, petite legs, and her weight was no more than 110 lbs. Once Barbie was released, every girl across the world wanted to have a one and to be like her. Young girls began dressing like her, wearing makeup, and eating less to portray the figure Barbie …show more content…
Many times parents overlook the violence a toy is exhibiting to their child, because they figure it to be kids being kids, however; violent toys to young adolescences can influence a child’s thoughts and behavior. It first starts off with an ad. A child sees a violent toy being advertised in a magazine or on television and persuades his/her parents to buy it for them. Once the child acquires the toy, the child becomes obsess and began displaying actions from that toy. Take for instance toy guns. Children become so comfortable holding and playing with guns. As a child ages, he/she might think it’s acceptable to bring guns around. Most toys have weapons, because in most television shows the good guy uses weapons to fight out the bad guy. If a child is being bullied at school, a child could easily bring a weapon and try to fight off the bully, who would be portrayed as a bad guy in a television show. The end result of violent toys would leave emotional and social problems due to an obsession with the toy, leading to the child not communicating with other adolescences, and the child displaying the level of violence amongst other people due to being