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more about #childhood purpleshoes reminds everyone to take typing breaks and stretch, ow: This isn't a good example because it involves an expensive toy, but: when I was a kid, I begged and begged for an American Girl Doll, which, if you're... more » whynotshesaid: I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought Play-Doh was yummy! more » ladeedah: Second to a pony, my greatest holiday wish when I was little was a tin mug. I went through a very intense Laura Ingalls Wilder phase for a while and w... more » Fatwetdog: What the hell do they put in Plah-Doh that makes it smell like something you *have* to put in your mouth? Seriously, I'm like 30 and whenever I open a... more » Sunshineyness: Speaking of accidental toys... wasn't Silly Putty originally an attempt at creating an artificial rubber by the military in WW2? more » jtate: When I was a little one, my greatest dream was to own some sort of a vaguely ethnic Barbie with included collector's stand, but my parents refused to ... more » lesetoiles: Even simpler-- My favorite memories of childhood are of hours and hours spent just playing "pretend", spending time with my neighborhood friends runni... more » Sassy Pants: My favorite toy was a cardboard box, and I don't mean when I was two or three, but when I was 8 or 9. I would break it up and "sled" down hills in my ... more » literatebrit: I agree on the "the best toys are the simplest" thing. I always had simple toys(other than barbies), mainly because I could use them to assist in my B... more » deuteragonist: One Christmas my little sister asked for (and received) balloons and plastic grapes. Fake plastic grapes. They remained a family favorite for a while,... more » pond-side-over: Lego. Not any of this movie-tie in Star Wars vehicle set type bullshit. Good ol standard sets of different coloured bricks, with a few wheel sets and ... more » cand86: This post reminds me of that commercial that is stuck in my head. Pushin' hoops with sticks, that's what granny did before PS3. more » quietlygoingmad: Fashion Plates, Slinkies, Sit n Spin, Play-Doh, Spirograph, Lite-Brite, Snoopy Sno-Cone, Pick-Up Sticks, Legos, Easy Bake Oven....that's what (this) l... more » Lilah: The hose. Am I right, ladies? Man, I was sad each fall when it got too cold to use the hose in my sandbox. A castle just isn't the same without a moat... more » PrettyPrettyPrincess: I asked my niece and nephew for their Christmas wishlist a few weeks back, and they of course told me the usual...video games for their Nintendo DSs, ... more » boobookitteh: Oh! And those little Army Guys! I used to make little cities in the dirt pile with the Army Guys and then flood it with the hose. more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: I was always REALLY into paper dolls as a kid. And yes on the play-doh. And sit n' spin and skip-it were also big faves. Also, remember those spinn... more » hej hej: Fashion Plates. Always and forever! more » RedLantern: Play-doh, spirograph, Simon, crayons, books, and yes, Barbies. In fact, thinking back, Barbies provided me with hours of imaginative play. I never a... more » MsAvignon: Our nephew (10 years old) has tons. of. toys. This includes: several gaming systems and accompanying games, his own television, remote-controlled ev... more » -
#childsplay
Eff Technology: The Best Toys Are The Simplest
As Nancy Gibbs writes for Time, the worst toys are "overdesigned, overengineered, the product of so much imagination on the part of the toymaker that they require none from the child." That's why Play-Doh is one of my childhood faves. More » -
#numquidsacri
Another Piece Of Our Childhood Bites The Bustier
First they came for Strawberry Shortcake and we said nothing. Then they came for the Care Bears and we said nothing. But now they've come for Rainbow Brite, and this means war. More » -
#deardiary
To Do: Send Us A Page From Your Old Diaries
Last month, Shameless linked to a blog project called The Amy Diary: A Vancouver woman posts her junior high diaries. It's a unique perspective into the mind, lingo and anxieties of young girls. So I dug up my old diaries. More » -
#daddyissues
Some Fathers Are Selfish & Proud
Two different stories about selfish dads seem sad and totally retro: More » -
#weirdscience
Say Cheese? Childhood Snaps & Adult Divorce
Scientists allege it's possible to predict whose marriages will fail by looking at "smile intensity" in childhood photographs. More » -
#clips
Students Dance Again At Baghdad Ballet
Today Good Morning America had a follow up on a ballet school in Iraq that is rebuilding after losing its piano player and almost all of its students during the war. More » -
#oldiesbutgoodies
The Cootie-Catcher: Blast From The Past, Glimpse Of The Future
A piece of notebook paper once told me who I would marry. Actually this happened many times, revealing many different grooms, but my faith in the fortune-telling powers of cootie-catchers was never shaken. More » -
#hemingwow
The Old Man And The...Lacey Bonnet
If it's ever seemed like Ernest Hemingway was suspiciously eager to prove his masculinity, this may provide a clue as to why: as a child, his mother dressed him in drag. -
