WOODEN VERSUS PLASTIC TOYS

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Anca Madar, Dana Boscor, Codruta Baltescu (codruta.baltescu@unitbv.ro) and Nicoleta-Andreea Neacşu
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Annals - Economy Series, 2012, vol. 4II, pages 162-166

Abstract: Toys have played an important role in childhood since early civilization.Toys are a very important aspect in children development (thinking, vocabulary, language imagination). During a single game the child develops a few skills and increases its attention, and during the group games, the child learns to adapt to the partners’ games. The rate of change in the toy industry is faster than five years ago. Also, toy market is a constantly moving one, changing the ranges of two to three times a year. Wooden toys hold great educational value because of their simplicity. They are the most durable toys and can usually last through generations of play. Plastic toys are generally less expensive than wooden toys and are considered safer by some experts, because of the flammability of older wooden toys and possible injuries from thrown or falling wooden objects. On the other hand, wooden toys do not contain toxic PVC like plastic toys do. Currently, billions of toys are sold all over the world, two-thirds being sold during Christmas.As all the time hundreds of thousands of children suffer injuries because of the toys, in EU and also in Romania are laws that protect toys consumers. The promotion of a safe environment for children on this planet is much more important than satisfying children’s fantasies which, in most of the cases are the effect of the consumerist trend.

Keywords: toys; wood; plastic; consumer protection; children. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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