Can kids toy organizers help the kids to keep their own toys in order?

Kids toy organizers should be easy to use, helpful for the parents and good for the child.

Here is a video of a child experimenting with a prototype of what I believe is one of the better ways of storing toys:

I've looked long and hard for a toy storage organizer that met the following 10 criteria:

1. Good interesting toys
2. Not too many toys (3-6 is sufficient)
3. Child can see each toy (not piled in a chest)
4. Each toy has a "home" (child knows where to put each toy when done with it and, consequently, knows where to go to get it when then want it.)
5. Child must "make a choice" or selection (not just grab everything and dump it out. Also the child shouldn't have to "discard" some toys to get at the one they are interested in, thus devaluing the toy the have to "toss aside".)
6. Child is never faced with cleaning up a huge mess of toys.
7. Safety
8. Durability
9. Decor
10. Price

Unfortunately, most parents seem to start with the bottom of this criteria list and never even get to the top half, where we look at the system from the child's point of view. They are surprised when they constantly find the system doesn't meet criteria "6. Child is never faces with cleaning up a huge mess of toys". This becomes a point of conflict in the family and repeats every day throughout childhood.

This toy organizer, available at Clutter Free Kids is one of the few that meet any of criteria 3-6. (It sort of meets criteria "3. Child can see each toy", and could meet criteria "4. Each toy has a home" if the parents limit the toy selection to only 6 toys.)

Traditional toy storage ideas such as those from Sears, Land of Nod, the Company Store or Target all have the same features: what goes in can (and WILL) eventually all come out.

The One at a Time kids toy organizer shown in the video has four compartments in a 2 x 2 arrangement. Some people prefer toy storage benches with several compartments in a row and the ability to use to top as either a play surface or a bench for sitting. For very small children who are still crawling the compartments are all at "ground level" so to speak.