Sure, lots of educational toys here too :-) But that's different from telling other people to only get him educational toys, for example, which is what I was imagining (admittedly on limited evidence) from what the OP said. (Actually I try not to make suggestions about what other people might get my DS, on the whole. On average, I make better guesses about what he will like than other people do - but he has loved some things that would never have occurred to me to give him.)
Something I found very reassuring: DS-then-5 was asked to write about his favourite present, and chose to write about the magnetic fraction tiles we'd given him, above many other more obviously enticing presents. This is the one I'll quote if anyone ever accuses me of being a pushy parent - a pushy parent may be able to give their 5yo fraction tiles, but can't make the 5yo pick them as favourite!
