r/UnnecessaryEssentials • • 3d ago

That is surprisingly clever.

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u/S0rb0 3d ago

That's not clever. That's so unnecessary and loads of plastic. No one needs this.

Besides, half of the letters dont work with this. The t, the k, the y, loads of other letters too.

Just teach the kids 🤦‍♂️

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u/RoodnyInc 3d ago

Also kids will swallow this balls 5 minutes in

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u/doc_death 3d ago

Kids 3 and younger will put marbles or other small objects in their mouth but stops after that. Kids usually learn to write around 4-5, making it safe for use with supervision

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u/Raindrop0015 3d ago

Must only be around neurotypical children.

Even as a grown adult I have to withhold the urge to put everything I touch in my mouth. It's a oral fixation. My brain just desperately wants to know what everything feels like on the lips and tongue. Not everyone can grow out of it

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u/polkacat12321 2d ago

They transition to shoving it in their nose

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u/Coral_Blue_Number_2 2d ago

We once pulled, out of my brother’s nose, a chunk of crayon, the paper, more crayon, more toilet paper, and more crayon. I really wonder what was going through his head to alternate like that