Seems that they are on the top of the list. I was watching the Today Show this morning. It was about Christmas gifts for kids. There were 5 kids evaluating potential gifts. The gifts were guns, monster transformers and a rodent. The kids looked bewildered. There was nothing there they wanted only adults that thought they were something they should want.
When I was their age, I wanted a Chemistry set or an Erector set. I didn't get either. I got a Biology set that had a small microscope. My uncle got the Chemistry and an Erector set that Christmas.
I was very interested in what was in the Chemistry set. The little bottles of power and liquid, what where they and what could I do with them? What all three of these had in common was the knowledge of the unknown. Each one was a potential learning experience. The Chemistry set didn't last long. Tom and I mixed something and heated it causing a stink that resulted in a panic. My uncle Jim was a Chemical Engineer. He likely told Tom what to do. I was just an ignorant bystander.
These toys caused me to be interested in Science. I later studied Chemistry in High School and Biology at Ferris State University. What would I have studied and became if I had played with guns, monster transformers and a rodent?
What are you going to get your kids for Christmas? You decision will effect them and everyone else.
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