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Today I was struck by how much time young kids spend playing with car and truck toys. (kbin.social)
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Today I was struck by how much time young kids spend playing with car and truck toys.

If we want to move towards walkable cities, public transit, and micromobility it may be a good idea to stop indoctrinating people at the age of 1 that cars and trucks are fun.

Of course they're natural shapes for toys. Extremely simple and stable, but slightly more dynamic then a literal wooden block... but it's not like they're the only things with that property.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You sound like no fun.

My mom wouldn’t let me have GI Joes or toy guns, so I had to find things to turn into toy guns. Your kids will turn blocks into toy cars.

Let kids be kids.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@deegeese There is a rather large difference between "not pushing things on them unprompted" and "disallowing them from having things they're asking for". 1 year olds in particular aren't asking for any specific kinds of toys.

There is also a rather large difference between advocating for changing something as a society, and doing something just to your own kids that will make them different from other kids.

[–] Sphks 1 points 2 years ago

That's interesting. On the other end, let's kids have a bunch of LEGO and they will make cars and spaceships.

Another point is the reversal of common toys for girls and boys. In the 70's, LEGO was promoting equal toys for girls and boys : https://qz.com/301397/forty-years-ago-lego-explained-to-parents-why-some-boys-like-dollhouses-and-some-girls-like-spaceships Now, LEGO has LEGO friends with specific parts and colors for girls...