Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 1 | Parents Will Have Easier Time Buying Toys This Xmas, Belief

Parents Will Have Easier Time t-h t rain r r 1 f B Buying ng Toys loys This Xmas Belief NEW YORK Dec 7 United Press Dads Press Dads and mothers who used to judge childrens children's playthings by ay whether they themselves were amused by them will have a much simpler time tima this Christmas ac according according according ac ac- cording to Fletcher B. B Dodge Dod Dodge e. e secretary of the Toy Manufacturers of the United States of or America Inc says sas the new crIterion crl- crl tenon erion In Ui buying toys is a practical knowledge of metal ages ages' and o of likes and nd dislikes The chief function of ot the toy Is Isto isto t to amU amuse amuse Dodge told the conven conven- k u r f tion tion of toy makers at the hotel here Certainly the so called educational educational toys tos have their value but they should not constitute all the playthings of or a child Dodge said Just as grownups attend the theatre theatre the the- atre p ely for recreation so 80 children children children chil chil- dren be given toys whose sole function is to add to the thc sum of human happiness When a toy teaches something It must be done on the sly he said In Ja ln sel playthings it is well wellI I Continued on page 6 6 oJ 1 1 l i l l Parents Will Have Easier Time Timen buying Bung n y Toys loys T T ys This This' 1 his Xmas v Xmas Amas Bel Belief i i ef r Continued from 1 to keep in mind the tho stages ot of do- do de development development dt df the child Dodge said During the first year yeal in the tho life ofa of ot ofa ota a child the unfolding of or the sensory powers takes place After the tho weary parent has fingered fin fin- fingered through a a. pile of ot toys to fit tit this ago of or the sensitive youngster he will have to spend the next three ye years rs finding something to fit the offspring's individualism When the child is G 6 years old his Individualism will have havo been fitted or should be and next father and nd r must help him develop his social instincts l For or six Christ- Christ masses tho social toy must be bc found and then the parent can settle down downto t to more moro routine gift buying I