Noisy toys are about to get noisier

Parents, brace yourselves

By
April 20, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT
(Illustration by José L. Soto/The Washington Post; iStock)
6 min

It was the T. rex that chased Rebecca Smith over the edge. Her son, age 3, would make the dinosaur roar over and over and over again, a cinematic cry that filled the house and made her head pound.

One day, the dinosaur — a gift from an uncle who, incidentally, does not have children — decided to go on a trip. It was never seen (or heard from) again.