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From: rggoebel@water.UUCP (Randy Goebel LPAIG)
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Subject: Re: toys in the bedroom?
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 12:51:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 12:51:00 1986
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> Question: should we allow her to keep all sorts of toys in the
> bedroom? My wife (lsuc!simone) thinks not, in that there would
> be too many distractions. ...
> Comments? What do others do about toys in the bedroom?
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We have two children, 33 months and 51 months, girl and boy, who share a
room.  They each have a futon on the floor, a favourite quilt for warmth
and comfort, and a zoo of plush animals, dolls and various other toys that
migrate back and forth from their major storage area in the rec. room.
They usually spend some time arranging and rearranging such things,
but they are usually happy when they go to sleep, and sleep better
because of it.  They relax with their toys, in the same way that Mommy does
with her walkman and books, and Daddy does with his MacIntosh (although I don't
take it to bed yet!).

Children require time to unwind from the tension of the day just like the
rest of us, so giving them a room decorated by them, to their taste (not
Mommy or Daddy's) seems a sensible thing.  I don't believe that there should
be ANYTHING in a child's room that you would not allow him to investigate.

Randy Goebel
U. of Waterloo