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From: evans@mhuxt.UUCP (crandall)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: educational toys that inspired you...
Message-ID: <1330@mhuxt.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Dec-85 12:16:34 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 31 12:16:34 1985
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Once again my wife and I have supplied our nieces (ages 6 and 8) with lenses,
tools, prisms, and the like and one again we have been told by other
relatives that we should stick to more traditional toys (Cabbage Patch dolls
and other very sex-rolled objects). Based on an admittedly small sampling
it seems like many people who have ended up in technical work remember
wonderful mechanical toys, puzzles, and the like. I would like to hear 
comments (particularly from women) on toys that "made a difference." My
wife fondly remembers a small microscope, old clocks (junkers to play with)
and tools. I built telescopes and model airplanes. What did you do? What
are kids doing today? 

send me mail and I'll post a summary...

	Steve Crandall
	mhuxt!evans