Culture and Organization | Mattel and the Toy Recalls | Responding to recall notice of Mattel’s character toys for lead paint violations | Paulina Gorczyca9/26/2011 | Mattel’s Toy Recall The toy industry is estimated to be a 71 billion dollar market in 2007 (pg.167) with approximately 880 competitive companies with its clear industry leaders. Mattel being number one toy making company in the world has been faced with several conflicts due to the industries strict jurisdiction under
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My favourite toy Childhood memories are the best and most precious for everyone. I can still remember the most important things from my girlhood - my friends‚ the first travels‚ young parents‚ the first songs and favorite toys! Unfortunately I don’t have them any longer‚ but my memory sometimes brings them back and I return to these peaceful and happy moments in my life. Now‚ after so many years I can clearly remember my experimenting with the Lego constructor. I used to assemble
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Toys have always played an important role in the growth and development of a child. Many of today’s leading toy manufacturers have designed toys for children of specific age groups. This is an advantage to one who is selecting a child’s toy. In the past‚ toys were mainly used to keep a child entertained. In recent years‚ how ever‚ more emphasis is being placed upon the use of educational toys. In this society‚ where children are learning more rapidly that children of the past learned‚ it is
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Age Appropriate Toys Play is vital for learning in children. It is equally important that the toys and the materials that are used to make them are age appropriate for the children using them. Your child’s current developmental stage plays a major role in toy selection (Frost‚ Livestrong.com) As a general rule‚ you should always make sure that toys for young children are safe. Toys should be well made; not easily shattered‚ or broken. Small children‚ even up to preschool age‚ still
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Gender Roll Stereotyping and Gender Similarities in Toy Stores Rachel Skelton Spiderman action figures‚ The Care Bears‚ Legos‚ and the famous Barbie‚ all represent popular toys in toy stores. Toy stores divide the many toys‚ games and movies into two primary categories: boy and girl. After going into Toys R Us‚ many can conclude that the toys that children play with pass down stereotypes of gender roles. Through their gender-biased toys‚ typically‚ boys learn "warrior-like" roles (a learned attitude
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LIST OF YESTERDAY TOYS CHILDREN PLAYED. * Yoyo * Chalk * Kick the can * Ropes * Hop scotch * Skates * Hide N seek * Building camps * Table tennis * Dirt’s * Footballs * Chinese ropes * Board games * Elastic rubber bands * Jacks * Paper dolls * Bubbles * Cluedo * Silly putty * Slinky * Scrabble N Crosswords * Model airplanes * Scrapbooks * Conkers * Sit N Spin * Chatter telephone * Kaleidoscope
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3/21/13 Toy Industry and Gender Roles The toy industry has enforced the belief that children should play with toys that correspond to their genders‚ while never feeling guilty as they value business greater than the children. At early ages children begin to develop preferences and playing styles that are brought to life through the toy industry that offers countless varieties of action figures‚ dolls‚ blocks‚ bikes‚ books‚ and other toys that stimulate a child’s mind. The problem with the toy industry
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Date: Mar 19‚ 2013 “A Toy ’s Story Observation” When you think about toys the first thing that comes to mind is the joy they gave when you were a kid growing up‚ and the smile they put on your kid’s face when you see them playing with them on a daily basis. What if toys could talk? What information would they give us? What would they tell us? Recently I set out on a quest to better understand what information I could get just by looking at the toys in my local neighborhood toy store and how they shape
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Toy Store/Department Survey When you walk into a toy store there is a distinct difference between what toys are meant for girls and boys. The boy aisle is colored blue and the girl aisle is pink‚ society has labeled blue as a boy color and pink as a girl color. These toy stores are subtly teaching kids what girls and boys should like by dividing the genders by colors. There are also different toys for different age groups‚ as kids get older toy stores determined
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Engineering Toys for Girls Goldieblox is a toy company that creates interactive toys aimed at sparking an interest in innovation and engineering in young girls. The creator behind the idea and company was a graduate engineering student who noticed the disproportionality in her classes among male and female students. She correlated this disparity with walking down a girls’ toy aisle and being overwhelmed with pink and dolls in comparison to the boys’ aisle with engaging toys. The toy product combines
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