>>11140358So, there's a lot being thrown around in this thread so I'll put my 2 cents in as someone that works with kids.
They love toys. They really do. But parents have become the laziest or shittiest people in the past 12 years that I've worked with children.
Had one family that, because the mom wanted to keep up her Tennis shit, had a nanny take care of the kids while dad worked overseas. When I asked her kid, 12, where he got his action figure he said he got it online with mom's credit card. Both parents gave him a monthly allowance of $50 or so to spend.
Another family's daughter had a ton of Pokemon cards. She was 13 and would buy them off TCGplayer with her parent's money.
I have not see a single parent in the past few years go out to a brick and mortar store for their kids. Its all amazon or online because, for some reason, they can't find it in their schedules to stop for 45 minutes and browse. Its all on their phones. These families also get their groceries online and delivered as well. This allows them to squeeze more out of their day.
The minority kids we work with do have toys. A lot of black kids with Spiderman toys which they get while at CVS or Wal Mart. I highly doubt these parents would go out of their way to get these kids toys from a toy store, or even Amazon in some cases.
Not saying this was the final nail, but I truly believe lazy parents and online shopping helped kill off Toys R Us.
