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more about #childsplay more comments → 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 » -
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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 » -
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I Stand Corrected: The Peanut Butter Solution Is The Scariest Film Of All Time
When I compiled my list of "scary non-scary movies," I neglected to add the most horrifying film of all time: The Peanut Butter Solution. Thankfully (or, perhaps not), a commenter reminded me. Don't believe the happy trailer: nightmares FOREVER, crew. More » -
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The Scariest Non-Scary Movies Of All Time
Last week, Sadie compiled an excellent list of "the best horror movies ever," focusing on films that aren't of the slasher/maniac/zombie variety. But what of those films that scared us as children...without really meaning to? More » -
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European PSA Shows How Stress Affects Scary Baby Dolls
If you don't have any mental health issues know, you will after watching this PSA. Its message seems to be that stress causes child abuse causes doll abuse, all in an environment of creepy music and misery. [AdFreak]
