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The main purpose of this study is to explore the
opinions of parents who have 36 – 72 months old preschool children regarding to
the factors affecting them when choosing toys for their children. This study
has been conducted on eighteen parents – nine mothers and nine fathers who have
36 – 72 months old preschool children that lives in Nicosia, TRNC and qualifies for the sample
group. Interview forms were used for
gathering the data. As the subject of this study is the toy selection of
parents who have 36 – 72 months old preschool children, a parent interview form
which consists of 15 questions was created. The Qualitative data gathered from
the interviews were analyzed by using descriptive analysis method. Suggestions
are as follows: preparing the necessary toy safety regulations in TRNC,
organizing family information workshops on the subject of toy selection which
will be conducted under the Ministry of National Education, increasing the toy
selection awareness between teachers by adding toy selection related classes
into the curricula of Department of Preschool Teaching and Department of Child
Development and Education programs.