Good Parenting

Many assume that modern toys are superior to the ones our we played with like toy blocks. Although most parents of small children in today’s generation have been led to believe by toy manufacturers that toys with all the “bells and whistles” are more educational and promote more imaginative play than their simpler counterparts, the exact opposite is true.

Toys that sing, dance, flash, blink, and otherwise drive parents insane may come in pretty packaging, but they offer very little if any extra educational value in the long run.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 8:11 pm and is filed under Good Parenting.