孩子都喜欢有更多的玩具。
虽然家里已经有很多玩具了，他们还是想要买更多更新的。
这也是很多爸爸妈妈的烦恼。
有一位美国妈妈分享了她的经验。
她有一个6岁的大女儿和一个3岁的小女儿，因为大女儿想买一个新玩具，但是妈妈觉得已经有很多玩具了，就拒绝了她。
结果，女儿一直不开心。
回家后，这个妈妈用了两天时间收拾女儿们的房间，然后把所有的玩具都扔了。
开始，这个妈妈还有点儿担心，但是一个月以后，她发现孩子们不再想要新的玩具了，也能享受和家人旅行的时间了。
很多爸爸妈妈都同意这个妈妈的方法，但是也有一些人不同意。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 玩具 | wán jù | plaything / toy |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 家里 | jiā lǐ | home |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 烦恼 | fán nǎo | worries |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (let others have some of sth good) |
| 她的 | tā de | her; hers |
| 经验 | jīng yàn | experience |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 拒绝 | jù jué | to refuse; to decline; to reject |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | outcome; result; consequence |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 收拾 | shōu shi | to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 房间 | fáng jiān | room |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 扔 | rēng | to throw / to throw away |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly / a little / somewhat |
| 担心 | dān xīn | anxious / worried / uneasy |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 不再 | bù zài | no more; no longer |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy / to live it up |
| 家人 | jiā rén | family member |
| 旅行 | lǚ xíng | to travel |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree / to consent / to approve |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |