As many of us parents are entering into the holiday season, we may be wondering how to choose toys for our own children and other children in our lives. Throughout the month of December, we are bombarded with toy advertisements at every turn and every influencer on social media and parenting blogger seems to have a “gift guide” with hundreds of potential gifts for children. It can be so overwhelming and hard for parents to dig through all of this information and choose a reasonable number of gifts that won’t crowd our house with useless junk and actually fits into our holiday budget.
To help you to accomplish this goal, this newsletter is a different type of “gift guide”— one that helps you to understand the research behind toy quality and determine which toys might actually be beneficial for child development. So check it out and happy shopping!
Important Note: Because Parenting Translator is a non-profit organization, I have the privilege of only recommending toys that I truly believe are beneficial based on my understanding of the research and my professional and personal experience. None of these toys have been sponsored in any way or gifted to me.
The Research-Backed Holiday Gift Guide (Audio Version)