Originally Posted by ColinsMum
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.

Hm. I guess I have trouble seeing the line, if there is a line. And I guess I think it's okay for kids to have no toys, if they've got things they can use as toys (sticks, rocks, boxes etc.), so why wouldn't it be okay to just have "educational" toys? I mean, if what that means is all electronic toys, that is certainly not to my taste...but I'd consider it to be a matter of taste (and I wouldn't condemn those with whom I differ in matters of taste, in large part because my taste is far from the norm).

Last edited by no5no5; 11/17/09 10:58 AM.