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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because you expose your child to a plastic or battery-operated toy doesn't mean he's going to lose all sense of imagination.  He will play with that toy however he chooses, guided by his imagination and possibly not in the way the manufacturers intended the toy to be played.  Think about some of the coolest toys you had growing up... weren't many of them plastic?  Who loved the Easy Bake Oven or Barbie Fashion Plates?[/quote]

I always HATED barbies, never had the EBO. I loved playing outside, in the snow, in the mud, swimming... At home I shared one basket of toys with my younger brother and we did just fine. My parents could not afford much, we were close in age so it worked out pretty well. I don't think children need all this crap at all.[/quote]

Just because you hated them doesn't mean we all should.  And who says that someone who plays with something like an Easy Bake Oven also won't enjoy playing outside?  We did everything.[/quote]

Don't get me wrong. It's not personal. If you had fun, good for you. My point (that you missed completely) is that children don't need all the crap we give them. They're happy with very little but we tend to go overboard. Creativity is exercised with less. The more we give the less they'll work on their own.[/quote]

We didn't have very many toys either, and I hated it.  Sure, I made mud pies and played with Legos (which are plastic, by the way), but I loved going to my friends' houses because their toys were so much more fun.  Honestly, I don't think I turned out any better off (in terms of resourcefulness or imagination) than my friends who had more toys.[/quote]

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