If the parents put their foot down and said “NO” then that would show the supermarkets that no one was interested and they would stop these sort of things. its not over to the supermarket. Parents need to learn to say “NO”

Adults need to be leading by example and teaching children about these things.

I never had this problem and I don’t think it’s a good idea to allow them to be taken to school.

I wouldn’t let my child take it to school. But gee, it’s really getting out of control.

Good on the little girl calling for the ban citing the current anti-plastics push. As far as blaming ooshies for turning the kids into monsters we’ve all gone through fads and each one has been equally as all consuming for those of us that get into that sort of thing. I remember my nan talking about yo-yo’s lol and all the cool ones you could get, the amazing strings, the super spinners (?) and the awe-inspiring tricks.

I don’t let the Ooshies go to school with my daughter and my son is too young to understand what its all about

People go too far. I think if your kids are fighting and being left out, then you should teach them valuable life lessons. What’s going to happen when they become adults and they don’t know how to react when all the mums around them are into collecting ooshies and they are the only ones who are not collecting them? Aww, poor me, I’m left out. Let’s ban all collectables. lol

No they don’t give a problem.
My kids can get 1 each at the end of the day if they have been good, so kind of as a reward

The fact is that Coles are loving it, $11 million dollars extra in the kitty.

I am happy my kids didnt like ooshies as they think its not even near to Lion king so they are not very excited in collecting them

I like seeing the excitement and anticipation on my kids faces when they open their little packets. They would love to collect them all but to be honest they wouldn’t be upset if they don’t complete the collection. In fact my 5 year old has very generously given up single ones to help others complete their collections.

Did you see the screen shot of the ebay page where some absolute twit with no brain paid almost $100 000 for a rare ooshie? How messed up do your priorities have to be to even consider that?

I use the Ooshies and Little Shops for ‘rewards’, my son doesn’t get them straight away. He has to earn them. Whether it be him being nice to his sister, picking up his toys or using the toilet like a big boy. Generally we use stickers but these make for extra special ‘good behaviour prizes’. Best way to get a 3 year old to do anything…. bribery haha!

A lot of the time when I have been shopping I can hear kids going on about osshies or little shoppers to their parents I have been seeing the smiles on kids faces when they open these packets and get these surprise items inside.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 30 Jul 2019 , 2:54 am

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  I have seen happy behaviour too and none of the behaviour in the article.

that isn’t the fault of the ooshies that is the fault of poor parenting, teach you children how to appreciate what they get, they don’t appreciate them get rid of them, (kids or ooshies she can decide lol)

Thankful that we see none of this behaviour.

Not causing a problem in our household, but can see how they would elsewhere …..

We don’t let our kids take them to school.

My kids are fine with it but if they were behaving badly then I’d stop getting them.

Some of the toys that are sold create just as much or more a “cult” than items from Coles and Woolworths do. For the sake of MOM I won’t name them. I don’t want them getting into trouble.