On 4/8/08, Ramjee Swaminathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seriously, if pa feels that it is important enough to be part of such > tamaashas, there is nothing wrong in the kid following in the > footsteps of pa? On the contrary, assuming that he had gone to some > museum or library or had some fun with math or juggling or painting or > whatever, along with the kid - may be the kid would have asked for > something more of this? Am just wondering.8-) > > All in all, I think I would like to box the ears of all such offending > parents (including that of my children) and give them a slap or two > and ask them to look at themselves. >
Completely agree with this! I grew up with minimal toys not even the token robot or a barbie. But I make my own doll house with old school notebook covers and remained happy by scrawling all over the walls and important documents with my crayons :) Of course, it did help that other kids had cool stuff to play with, but I never thought of owning them myself - except for the origami stuff tht one of the kids had. I think it has more to do with my parents who taught me to read books as a hobby, collect stamps, draw and paint rather than play with expensive toys. Regards, Divya
