The exercise aside, there's obviously emotion attached to these toys. Few things I can think of off the top of my head:
Do you possibly have some resentment issues with your parents to iron out? The memory of them doing this to you could just be a key to a larger problem - a tiny reminder of something they often did (not consulting you or considering your feelings) which you may benefit from addressing.
Perhaps you miss your childhood, freedom and/or innocence. Maybe you just need to take a more child-like approach to aspects of your life. Take more time to yourself, enjoy being silly (being serious is not maturity) if it's something you want to do but feel you should hold back, occasionally look at the world from a child's perspective and enjoy it, etc.
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