Parenting Tip: Children Love to Learn!

[RockyBalboa211]

So we need balance with toys and education.

[SousukePanic]

rofl

[alicephua79]

He mentioned about toys that don't break makes children think that there's nothing more to learn about it. Well...the truth is when a toy breaks, it becomes a hazard for the baby becos the toy now has sharp edges that may cause injury to the baby.

[SousukePanic]

@alicephua79 i think he means something like toys that u can take apart and put back together not like snap a wood toy so that it has splinters stickign out

[EvilGniusStudios]

@alicephua79 you stupid motherfucker that's not all toys

[SailorBarsoom]

When a kid is a bit older, he pretends.  Mostly, he pretends to be an adult. He ties a towel to himself and shouts Im Superman! Whhhooossshhh!!!

But at the age where you give him a rattle, theres not much to pretend about. So he does exactly like Doman describes: looks, listens, feels, bites the rattle and smells it. Then he tries to break it.

A little older and maybe he waves it in the air yelling Moon Prism Power! But by then, we arent giving him rattles anymore.

[gwhastings]

Not bad, and surely worth thought and consideration, but surely it's a generalized, oversimplified arguement that I think ignores the importance of imagination, fantasy, & role playing in children's use of toys, and attributes too little understanding on the part of parents.