Webkinz Toys Banned at School
March 21, 2007 by Lei
Filed under Children's Toys, News and Links about Children's Things
One of my pet peeves is children bringing toys to school. It just shouldn’t be allowed. Period. There’s the problem of the toy getting lost or broken causing the owner much grief. And then there’s the inevitable fighting over the toy itself when the owner only wants to share with her friends or maybe not with anyone at all. The worst part about allowing kids to bring toys to school are the feelings of greed, envy, and “I want” that the toy elicits in other children (and some parents too).
Jack Jackter Intermediate School in Colchester, CT recently banned Webkinz. Parent Patty Kozlowski:
Within a week’s time, that was the talk of the school — everybody had a Webkinz and everybody needed one.
What did I tell ya? Here are some other toys that are not allowed in schools across the country. I’m surprised there isn’t a blanket ban in effect but maybe I’m too strict.
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Pokemon cards
What toys are banned at your kids’ schools?
Tags: banned toys, toys, children, kids, parenting, family, fun, school, play, webkinz
Thats stupid! If they cant bring toys to school and learn for themselves, how will they ever learn how to share?
I think they should not bring them to school.Period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gssbgsd: I’m sure there are plenty of other things at school to share besides toys.
Tommaso: ^5!
I think it’s sad that the school had to resort to banning them. Why not use them as a teaching tool?
The schools are corect banning them, My daughters each have 19 and they spend their day playing on Webkinz. They Spend over 3 hours on it and they Refuse to eat. you can see their ribs! I bet that’s the only thing they talk about at school. They’re grades are dropping by the minute.
My children love webkinz! my children get on for six min. and they get off why would you band them! At elgin they probaly didn’t band them! there grades handent drop i’m so happy for them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think webkinz is a great toy. my kids love it!
They learn about all the subjects on quizes! they learn how to earn kinz cash! webkinz are great!
DON’T BANED THEM!
webkinz is banned from school?!My school has webkinz and never get banned.So are the tamagotchis,pokemon,and captain underpants books never get banned.
That is stupid!!! You should be able to they are just stuffed animals!!!
I think banning webkinz is the most obsurd, stupidest thing I have ever heard!!!!!!! I think that kids need toys for their chill zone so they can have their time , and I really don’t like people or schools that don’t give kids a little time in their chill zone. Kids need time so whatever , but whoever banned webkinz made the biggest mistake they ever made in their carrier! So if they did read this and understand!!!!!!!!
Kids should be allowed yeah how will they learn to share! Thats a stupid rule!
honestly. thats bogas. banning webkinz, yeah very smart. i’m a principal at a school in Finchely and we have NEVER had a problem. I have a fifteen year old daughter who has one, and she’s not ashamed in the least! never once have i needed to throw one out into the wheelie bin. there’s no problem with webkinz at all!!!
this is crazy! my daycare bans everything possible. pokemon, harrypotter , nick magizine, and webkinz or clubpenguin. no disney channel, (magic stuff), amd only G rated movies! im not even allowed to draw the easter bunny or santa for gods sake!!!! people need to realize that not everything is inapropret. i got an F because they wouldnt let me read the Killing Sea. and if we tell stories about faries or makebelive on the play ground, we have to go inside or sit out. im tired of this crap! people need to tell them off. we are not living in fairy tale land!!!!! we are going to find out obout this stuff! who agrees?
This is so stupid. Children are children. You can’t make a child honestly act like a serious uppercut student. This is the one time in their life they learn key moral values such as sharing, how to deal with jealousy, and responsibility. How is it different than a playmate over at the child’s house breaking the toy? Same principle. I think that the toys/electronics should be fine at school as long as they are not out during instructional time, because we all know that when kids are told they can’t do something, they are going to do it anyways.
As you can tell I am a webkinz fan. However I believe there is a place for everything. School is for school and it is a good idea for the kids to keep their toys including their amazing webkinz at home
If you say they can bring the webkinz to school, then the same should apply to every toy and computer game, which is the recipe for chaos
The kids have to start learning discipline at some stage and having to leave their webkinz plush toy at home is not too difficult a place to start
I think this is obsurd! kids should be allowed to bring webkinz to school. its idiotic not to…its a stuffed animal! aren’t we allowed to do anything in break time? its a cute plush toy you can play with on and offline and i think you shuold be able to play with the plush toy at school! we get say 30 mins break we maybe wanna play a game with it…or pretend we have a zoo by 3 or 4 friends bringing 1 or 2 of theirs! you are dumb mr. i ban webkinz
This is dumb! Webkinz can’t harm anything……so why ban them! Everyone loves webkinz. Sure they can go online at home, but at recess at school they could play webkinz with friends!
I think this is the worst idea known to man. My brother is allowed to bring in whatever he wants. WEbkinz,pokemon,you name it he gets to bring it in. I think they should express their feeling bring in whatever they want. Some kids may not have friends and their stuffed animal is their friend. So whoever wrote this SHUT UP AND GET A LIFE BESIDES NAGGING AT LITTLE KIDS AND ADULTS!!!