Comments on: The National Toy Hall of Fame http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2009/07/the_national_toy_hall_of_fame/ Rooting for Citizen Scientists! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:26:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Occam http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2009/07/the_national_toy_hall_of_fame/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Occam Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:45:54 +0000 http://sciencecheerleader.com/?p=723#comment-2267 Jeanne - on the contrary! I have a teenaged daughter who will be 16 in just a few months. Or wait...maybe it's 15. I honestly can't remember and haven't spoken to her much in the last few years, as both of us are pretty much constantly playing video games. While I'm sure your grandson is a fine boy, it sounds to me like he's wrapped himself in a cloak of fantasy and dangerous "mind-wanderings," as Hegel called them. Sit him in front of a TV very soon, and for long periods, or the next thing you know you'll be knee-deep in Ritalin bills and his Dungeons and Dragons friends will overrun your home! Jeanne – on the contrary! I have a teenaged daughter who will be 16 in just a few months. Or wait…maybe it’s 15. I honestly can’t remember and haven’t spoken to her much in the last few years, as both of us are pretty much constantly playing video games.

While I’m sure your grandson is a fine boy, it sounds to me like he’s wrapped himself in a cloak of fantasy and dangerous “mind-wanderings,” as Hegel called them. Sit him in front of a TV very soon, and for long periods, or the next thing you know you’ll be knee-deep in Ritalin bills and his Dungeons and Dragons friends will overrun your home!

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2009/07/the_national_toy_hall_of_fame/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Jeanne Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:16:20 +0000 http://sciencecheerleader.com/?p=723#comment-2265 A cardboard box provides endless fun! Ask my Grandson! One day it was a Dinasaur cave, A place to hide for hide and seek, a boat going down the rapids (the stick was the oar), a castle, an army depot, etc etc. Young children just Love large cardboard boxes! This writer - had to many manufactured toys as a child, has never had children, and has NO imagination. A stick and a box are very basic toys! You don't need alot of money to buy them (they are usually free) and they allow children to use their imaginations - very important - better than passively watching ANY children's program on TV! A cardboard box provides endless fun! Ask my Grandson! One day it was a Dinasaur cave, A place to hide for hide and seek, a boat going down the rapids (the stick was the oar), a castle, an army depot, etc etc.

Young children just Love large cardboard boxes! This writer – had to many manufactured toys as a child, has never had children, and has NO imagination. A stick and a box are very basic toys! You don’t need alot of money to buy them (they are usually free) and they allow children to use their imaginations – very important – better than passively watching ANY children’s program on TV!

]]> By: Taylor http://www.sciencecheerleader.com/2009/07/the_national_toy_hall_of_fame/comment-page-1/#comment-1955 Taylor Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:05 +0000 http://sciencecheerleader.com/?p=723#comment-1955 You're exactly the sort of close-minded "hip" youngster who thinks that buying all these new-fangled things will make you, eh, cool. You can't possibly imagine all the ways a cardboard box can be used! Why, just this morning, I used one as a coffee table, stepping stool, and foot rest (on different occasions, mind you). Now, was that much of a toy? That question is questionable. But toys don't need to be purchased at the local Target, or to be plugged into a wall! Sticks, for instance, require almost no set-up, and are free just about everywhere. As far as I'm concerned, you need only to give a child a staple gun, power saw and some wood and tell him that he can't make something fun of it; you've no idea the kinds of things he can create! I certainly hope you raised your child to at least have the creativity you seem to lack. You’re exactly the sort of close-minded “hip” youngster who thinks that buying all these new-fangled things will make you, eh, cool. You can’t possibly imagine all the ways a cardboard box can be used! Why, just this morning, I used one as a coffee table, stepping stool, and foot rest (on different occasions, mind you). Now, was that much of a toy? That question is questionable. But toys don’t need to be purchased at the local Target, or to be plugged into a wall! Sticks, for instance, require almost no set-up, and are free just about everywhere. As far as I’m concerned, you need only to give a child a staple gun, power saw and some wood and tell him that he can’t make something fun of it; you’ve no idea the kinds of things he can create! I certainly hope you raised your child to at least have the creativity you seem to lack.

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