Tag: toys
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What Goes Around
I’ve been the observer of culture long enough to know that there is nothing new under the sun. Solomon said that thousands of years ago. As a mom, I’ve watched toys cycle through new generations. My Little Ponies were all the rage when my oldest daughter was little in 1987. They faded from the scene…
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Different Is Worth A Second Look
When I was a kid, toys didn’t talk (except Chatty Cathy, and she was just weird), light up (unless you were playing with your folks’ flashlight), or move (without help from me). We were in a world of our creation. Imagination drove play. Any noise came from make-believe. Screaming pirates where we’d attack each other…
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Light Up My World
I often wonder who the bigger child is–my husband or the grands. He gets ridiculous joy from purchasing surprises for them that sometimes backfire. The slip and slide and other water blow-ups that he bought for them this summer. Which they loved. But their lifespan was short–who knew jumping on plastic could put a hole…
Tip of My Iceberg 