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Fewer Toys Gives Kids a Better Quality of Playtime, Study Claims (nypost.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New York Post: Toddlers with just a few toys were more creative and focused than tots with more choices, according to the study, published in an upcoming edition of the journal Infant Behavior and Development. For the study, University of Toledo researchers gave kids under age 3 either four toys or 16 toys and recorded their playing habits, according to the report. "When provided with fewer toys in the environment, toddlers engage in longer periods of play with a single toy, allowing better focus to explore and play more creatively," researchers said. Fewer toys "promotes development and healthy play," they concluded. The bah humbug-boosting findings may be one reason to skimp on the stocking stuffers -- but parents have another option. Simply keep more toys in storage also helps rein in the attention of scatterbrained toddlers, researchers said.
You must have come from a wealthy family. All we had was a rock and a stick, and I had to wait until my older sister got dysentery and died before I could play with them.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Give Elon time, he's just getting started. I'm sure that's on his supervillain todo list.
Also, to be fair, Christ never built a bitching hot rod.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch.
What if they want biblical action figures so they can act out the stories of the Bible with their friends?