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Dogfolks (1313 posts)
Sep-16-02, 04:43 PM (ET)
"Taking kids' toys away?
I saw a thing over the weekend. I think it was National Geographic Explorer, but I'm not sure. Anyway, they were talking about a new exhibition at the Smithsonian. It's all toys, but the twist is they're all toys from 3rd world countries where kids don't actually have toys.
They make their own. They had a charming catepillar made by a 9 year old boy from bottle caps and paper. They also had a little sail boat a kid had made for himself with a flip-flop, a stick and a piece of paper. They had corn husk dolls, and a myriad of other imaginative and charming things kids had made for themselves to play with.
So, they brought all these toys here, and put them in a museum. And now American kids (whose parents spend ONE BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR on toys) can see what other kids play with when their parents can't afford a BILLION DOLLARS a year.
Nice, huh? I can't stop wondering if they gave the kids anything to replace them, or did they just take the toys away? No mention was made of any compensation in the report."
You just gotta love those folks. Now they're after America's kids for having too many store-bought toys. Oh the humanity!
Dogfolks (1313 posts)
Sep-16-02, 04:43 PM (ET)
"Taking kids' toys away?
I saw a thing over the weekend. I think it was National Geographic Explorer, but I'm not sure. Anyway, they were talking about a new exhibition at the Smithsonian. It's all toys, but the twist is they're all toys from 3rd world countries where kids don't actually have toys.
They make their own. They had a charming catepillar made by a 9 year old boy from bottle caps and paper. They also had a little sail boat a kid had made for himself with a flip-flop, a stick and a piece of paper. They had corn husk dolls, and a myriad of other imaginative and charming things kids had made for themselves to play with.
So, they brought all these toys here, and put them in a museum. And now American kids (whose parents spend ONE BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR on toys) can see what other kids play with when their parents can't afford a BILLION DOLLARS a year.
Nice, huh? I can't stop wondering if they gave the kids anything to replace them, or did they just take the toys away? No mention was made of any compensation in the report."
You just gotta love those folks. Now they're after America's kids for having too many store-bought toys. Oh the humanity!