Now that the holiday season is over, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Gone (until next year anyway) are the reams of circulars picturing perfect families bonding over perfect games. Off-air are the educational,ly-based, imagination-stimulating, motor-challenging, award-winning toys for award-winning children. Absent at last are the “Joyful Joneses,” the “Smiley Smiths,” and the “Functional Friedmans.”
I know my child is not the “advertisers’ ideal” and my family is not the “manufacturers’ market,” but I still ask myself “why should that be the case?” Maybe if we all close our eyes tightly, click our heels three times, and really, really, really believe, we can create a world, if only for a minute, where everything is imperfect. In my imperfect toyworld:
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