Everyone seems to be jumping on R with the message that there's nothing wrong with exposing children to academics early and no point in saying anything, but
(a) there's no suggestion in R's OP that s/he intends to say anything to the more, so I'm not sure where everyone's getting that from;
(b) the OP does say "most other toy options [are] not available?" and "The mother [...] only wants toys that are educational related."
Does anyone here think it's harmless for children to be allowed ONLY educational toys? (As usually interpreted: obviously there's a sense in which all toys are educational, but I don't think that's the sense the OP used.) I don't, and that seemed to be the main question.

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