15 Toys must be for kids!

I teach a one on one lesson every Saturday. My student is in his forties and has three kids. For a couple of days from the first lesson, he seemed nervous and was reluctant to talk about himself. Although I knew he was married from his wedding ring, I didn’t even know if he had a child or not at first. 

However, a few lessons later, after the lesson finished, he talked about himself. It was clear that he relaxed, compared with the first couple of lessons. He said that he waited in line for toys in the morning. There seems to be very popular toys for kids. Unfortunately, I know I don’t keep up with current toys at all. So he explained how popular they were.

About 1200 toys were expected to be sold at the shop at 9 am and they were first come first served. When he visited the shop before 9, numerous people had already been there and the numbered ticked he received was already about 900. Therefore, about 900 people were waiting in front of him. He was relieved to secure the toys and surprised how popular the toys were. 

He added that the parents seemed more enthusiastic than their kids. According to him, now that the toys are too popular and it is difficult to obtain them, the price of the toys are going up and sold at high price online. To sell them at high price, some of adults are apparently crazy about obtaining them. 

Toys must be just toys for kids. However, now it seems one of the tools for adult to earn money . Nowadays, the disparity between people’s lives has been getting wider. If the toys are too expensive and some children can’t afford to buy them, it is a pity. The toys used to be the things children can pay from their pocket money and buy and it must have been the way to make children learn how to use money. 

one on one lesson : 1対1のレッスン

first come first served： 早い者勝ち

disparity:　格差

pocket money：お小遣い