"The other day, my children, aged 8 and 5, did an unusual thing. They picked up some rocks from the garden and began to decorate them. They did this for some time, adding detailed features, colouring in eyes, creating personas for each rock using pens and paint."
[This reminds me of my cat, who enjoys rolled up-paper better than any toy we buy at the store]
[This reminds me of my cat, who enjoys rolled up-paper better than any toy we buy at the store]
The world of toys, once a source of shared enjoyment between generations, has become a foreign land to the average parent, suggests United States historian Gary Cross in Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood. "Shopping for toys has become saddening, irritating or bewildering for many adults."
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And are today's toys all distraction and zero stimulation, as lamenters argue?
