Not at all. Actually, I never even really look at them. The age guides on toys actually aren't at all about what developmental age they are appropriate for, generally speaking, but about whether the company has paid for the extra safety testing to have them certified for children of a certain age (usually under 3). Getting a toy approved for age 3+ is much easier and cheaper and carries with it a lot less liability than getting a toy approved for under 1s or under 3s. So most toys that companies design to market to say 1 and 2 year olds, actually say for 3+, because they know people will still buy them for their under 3s anyway without them paying for all that additional safety testing and approval. So the age guides themselves aren't necessarily developmentally accurate anyway. They're just set by product marketers based on how much they want to invest in a particular toy in terms of safety testing. Obviously, things that say 6 months to a year probably aren't going to still be appropriate for most 3 year olds, but a lot of toys for 3+ will be appropriate for 1 and 2 year old, so it is just a rough guide. I mostly just look at the toy (and the price!).
