Toy library

Japan
April 23, 2016 2:26am CST
Have you heard of toy libraries? I hadn't until yesterday when my daughter told me about taking her nine-month-old to one. The toy library has space to play with the toys there (space is hard to come by in downtown Tokyo), or you can take toys out to play with at home. I think this is a brilliant idea, as children go through stages and people end up with too many unused toys. Do you have any lending libraries other than for books? I have also heard of them for yard tools.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340229)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Apr 16
When our boys were little we belonged to a toy library which had a lot of good, sturdy toys. I think we could take them out for three weeks at a time.
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KnehKnah
@KnehKnah (3584)
• Philippines
23 Apr 16
That sounds awesome. It will ease the bulk of toys in houses which mostly are kept after the kids get tired or annoyed playing with them.
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Steve West
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
25 Apr 16
Not familiar with other types of libraries.
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Toni
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
23 Apr 16
No I haven't at all. But it's a great idea.
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cmoneyspinner
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
24 Apr 16
Never heard of toy libraries. But in the public library, there was a designated space for children to play with toys. A room separated from the rest of the library and lots of people brought their kids there to play.
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Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
24 Apr 16
We have those in department stores!
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Arundhati
@arundhatiwriter (276)
• India
23 Apr 16
Wow! this is a wonderful concept. I hope such concepts would come in India too! But what if the child loves the toy too much and refuses to return it?
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Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
23 Apr 16
That would be a learning experience for the child.
Val
@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
28 Apr 16
Our son, now 39, used to love going to the local toy library. I'm out of touch with such things now but I think they still have them.
Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
23 Apr 16
I heard about toy libraries before but never used them.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
23 Apr 16
I have never heard about toy libraries, but this does not mean that they do not exist here. I have no children, so I never searched.
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ashuli
@ashuli (1196)
• India
23 Apr 16
@petatonicsca Now this is a very good concept, its true that when the child is small... he/she has so many toys it gets difficult to store them all in the flats we live... Hope this concept gets famous everywhere...
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Anne Johnston
@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
23 Apr 16
No I hadn't heard of them, but I think it is a wonderful idea.
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