The craze over Silly Bandz disappeared because most schools banned them. Kids didn't want to wear them just around the house, but to school. They were a status symbol, but probably more importantly a conversation starter. Last spring (2010) they were a vital necessity. Now, no one wears them any longer.
Why were they banned? This was a perfectly good American product whose sales were going through the roof as children were amused by them. Too amused. They wouldn't stop thinking about them, and couldn't study the Pilgrims, so schools simply banned them.
My kids never ask for them any longer. A few packages still sit in nearly empty boxes in grocery stores. But my kids are no longer interested in them.
I asked my daughter why they were banned in elementary school and she said the teachers said they were too distracting and the kids couldn't stop playing with them, and talking about them. They aren't banned in the high school, but the fad has passed.
My daughter said all kinds of fads and interests pass very quickly when you're a kid. She said a month ago all the kids would pretend that the floor was made of lava in the dining hall down the middle, but now it's boring just to think about it, she reported. I suppose that kids are human, too.
3 comments:
Kirby:
Soon you'll have three precocious teenagers questioning and challenging you on every single issue of the day.
That's the price you pay for raising kids in an intellectually stimulating environment. They'll be running rings around you.
They already are, and they're not out of single digits.
"Why?" is a fine question. Especially when you're curious enough to listen to the answers.
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