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Interactive Bonding

Assembly-required toys allow bonds to be created through communal play

Implications - With technology and digital devices often resulting in youths becoming easily detached from engaging with others, parents are turning to more physically engaging playtime options to enable closer physical ties. Toys that require building allow tots to enhance their cognitive capacities while simultaneously engaging with adults and other infants, combining interactive activities with the need to foster bonds through communal experiences.
Trend Themes
1. Physical Engagement - With technology causing detachment, parents seek more physically engaging toys that foster bonds through communal experiences.
2. Educational Play - Toys that enhance cognitive capacities while simultaneously engaging with adults and other infants.
3. Multi-function Toys - Parents love buying children toys that can be used for a variety of games and activities, providing greater opportunity for creativity.
Industry Implications
1. Toy Industry - The toy industry can utilize trends such as physical engagement and educational play to create multi-functional toys that foster bonds and enhance cognitive development.
2. Fashion Industry - The fashion industry can highlight the trend of multi-functionality in clothing designs, such as the Playmat Railroad Printed Shirt, to promote quality time for parents and kids.
3. Education Industry - The education industry can capitalize on trends such as physical engagement and educational play to create programs that foster creativity and bond building in children.
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The Playmat Railroad Printed Shirt is an Adorable & Fun Piece of Clothing
Parents can now rejoice because playtime is officially enjoyable and relaxing with this Playmat Railroad t-shirt. Slip into this cotton T-shirt and lay down on your stomach as your little munchkin... MORE
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Why not foster creativity in children at every opportunity. The Scribblers toy is an artistic-encouraging object that allows your kid to be involved in the process of assembling his own playthings&#... MORE
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Parents love buying children toys that can be used for a variety of games and the ‘Stack-A-Doodle’ Stackable LEGO Block Crayons allow kids to have fun in more ways than one. These... MORE
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