Clare Henney: Pricey, Pricey, Pricey!

I was walking around the mall one day and I found myself standing in front of Toy Kingdom. I normally don’t go in there because I don’t have kids of my own and I’m not exactly in the toy-playing stage anymore but for some reason, I just found myself going in to see what types of toys kids are crazy about these days. Toys back then and toys now are still pretty much the same but with one glaring difference: the price tags. When I saw the price of a Barbie doll, I was surprised because I can still remember the time that my mom bought me one and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t that expensive! Ditto with Legos and board games! I wasn’t that surprised about the Playstation, Xbox and Wii because they’re a bit on the techie side but I was really shocked about the other toys. Even small stuffed toys or dolls are in the thousand peso range!

Part of me wondered if I could afford to have kids with toys being priced the way they are these days. They are just too pricey! I’d have to tell my future kids to just read books instead because they’re more affordable than toys. I’d probably block the cable channels for kids too because all the cartoons have toys that kids would want to buy. I’d probably make sure my kids also stay away from Toy Kingdom, because it would break my heart for them to see all those toys and not be able to afford buying them.

I hope that I can have enough saved for those really nice toys when I have kids of my own. I’d love for my kids to enjoy the same things I did when I was a child.

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