Hundreds of people have waded in on a debate about handing down toys. After seeking advice on a discussion forum, one collector was inundated with responses from fellow parents - and there were some strong views on the subject.
The debate began with a question posed under the heading "to not give up my Playmobil and cut cousins hands off if she tries to take it?", which while sounding extreme, was intended to convey the sentiment of the question of whether they should be forced into passing toys to younger relatives.
Writing on Mumsnet.com, the post began. "Ok Ok .. the last part is possibly U.... [unreasonable]." It went to to explain: "I have an extensive collection of playmobil which has been boxed up for many years. I briefly got it out 10 years ago when my DSs [dear sons] were 7/8ish but after a particularly traumatising incident where they broke some, I boxed it all back up and put it away and never got it back out. I say this to show that my attachment to it is frankly ridiculous."
