Frustrated With My Girls Breaking Toys All The Time.

I have 4 children in total, 16,7,6 and 2 the 7 and the 6 year olds are the worst ones for breaking toys in our house. They break their own and their younger sisters, I get really annoyed with them because it is not fair on their sister that they do this. I do not replace their toys if they break them then it is tough until christmas. They earn their own pocket money that they spend every week, and they always buy toys with them they break these too, so we are now putting a ban on them buying them every week until they can learn to look after their things, so I expect they will only be allowed to buy toys once every couple of weeks from now on.

I would first not buy expensive, easy to break toys. I would, in fact, buy toys for a while that can be repaired and then I would make the toy breakers fix the toys - sew or glue them back together. Ignore the tantrums by putting them in time out or however you isolate/punish them. Inform the older children that if they break their toys they are not being replaced, they can just play with the broken ones (taking away the small peices) until they can learn to take care of their toys. A 4 or 5 year old can sew something back together under supervision (even if you have to go back and do some more work later to keep it together.) White glue will work for wood and you can go back in and glue with other glues plastics if you don't want your little ones to handle the super glues. They need to be taught that breaking their toys won't get them new and improved toys, it'll only get them broken toys to play with. They will learn to take care of their toys, but it will take a while - I know - I know a parent that did it with their kids. Good luck.

tell them if they break it, its gone NEVER to be replaced until maybe christmas or their birthday...my daughters never broke their stuff when they were small - sure stuff got lost (we recently redid my 11 year old's room and found polly pocket stuff EVERYWHERE!

When I lived with my sister and her six kids, they destroyed everything. Their last name is Cooper, so I use to tease them that if anyone brought anything in the house, it had to be Cooper proof. Including their toys. You may have to start buying them things that they either value too much to tear up or that they can't tear up. Now these ones just loved movies. When I bought them a movie, they would play it over and over, until I was sick of it. But they took very good care of them.

We don't buy or replace broken toys. If they break it they throw it out themselves. A few weeks later they will complain about it and I will just tell them no. I'm not going to constantly spend money on toys they break and expect to for me to buy a new one. If they want a new toy they have to work for it doing household chores. My 8 year old is the worst one about this and he doesn't only destroy his own but his younger siblings toys' as well.

Hm,I've thought of never.But at the festival,I heard of my giving toy dog to my nephew had been broken. his grandma told me that he liked it so much that pulled tha tail frequently.Doesn't matter.just enough that he liked it.

Hi Newzeal Well I raised 4 children now adults and 3 foster kids also adults and helping to raise 8 of my 12 grandkids. First do not buy your kids toys just because they demand them. Your the adult and you need to plain say no and mean it firmly. If they break a toy of a sibling they have to lose one of their toys permantly. Or if they have a piggy bank you put money in they have to at least pay for part of the replacement cost. I just bankrupt two of my grandkids yesterday ages 5 and 7. They got into some of my stuff, they have repeatedly been told to keep out of and punished for it by time out, swats on the bottom, taking away their stuff. Nothing yesterday I took every penny from their piggy banks. $19.30. They destroyed things of mine and they knew better. They really were upset and cried and crie d for losing their money. It was a big thing to have money they could sometimes take and spend in town for a trinket or treat. They got pennnies, nickles and dimes and quarters for chores and other things. They love having their own money. Not they have to start over. This hurt them the most more than anything and they learned a hard lesson.. You break it or destroy it you pay for it. You abuse something you lose it or have to replace it if it is someone else's. Do not give in to their wiles, tantrums and tears. They are working you and know they have been able to get to you with that. Be tough, firm but love them. Take away privliages for bad behavior. No dessert for dinner, no movie, or a favorite toy for a week or two. No playing with a friend for a few days. Or no t.v. What ever it is they really really love doing they lose that privliage until they learn to behave. They need to learn respect for other people's property and they can do this at a very early age. Teach them NO means NO and don't give in. From one has had 39 years experience working and dealing with children.

This must be soooo frustrating. My own girls were not good with their toys. They would want them, then not look after them and I couldn't understand this because I seemed always to be rousing on them for destroying things around the house too. They were so not careful and to this day I don't know why or how to fix it. I just would not spend a lot on their toys eventually. I have one grandchild who trashes everything and is always given what she wants. She is a girly girl so is given lovely, pretty things and she trashes them. I want to smack her one sometimes, she's so obnoxious and so sweet all at the same time....lol.

luckily i have a 6 year old daughter that protects her toys with a jedi lightsabre! perhaps as she does not have a sibling close to her age means there is no fighting over toys. i am in the process of getting her a kitten. hope she does not flush it down the toilet!

This happens in my home as well with my boys. Every time i buy a toy they break them the first day and then expect me to go out and get another one, which i USED to do, but not anymore. They now know that if they break them they don't get another one, so they are getting better. they have to learn to respect their toys and to leave the younger ones toys alone or they get nothing. i know it seems harsh, but it really does work. Good luck and God bless

i have a two year old son and lucky for us for he does not break any toy. he is more of a easy to get tired of his toys but not break it. he has a lot of toys that is in his toy cabinet and all he wants to play with now is his beach ball that we bought before we went swimming last month. he loves that ball that he brings along with him whereevr he goes around the house. if he will be breaking his toys i will not buy him anymore and let him play with those broken ones. i will only buy him new toys if he promises not to break it.