I'm a geek. I'll admit it, I'd much rather sit back and watch a good episode of Hannah Montana than any show on ABC evenings. And even though I vaguely remember watching the Mickey Mouse Club and Kids Incorporated, I can honestly say I remember the commercials in between the shows more. There was this one comercial for Powerwheels. I remember I wanted a Barbie Powerwheels so bad. I can still remember the song - pow pow power wheeeels!(I crashed my friends into the side of her house and lets just say Powerwheels became a four letter word in my house- and when I got my real liscense, forget about it!)
But I remember what a great idea it was. Kids immitating their parents, just like having baby dolls (like the water baby which also- I HAD to have, and I did have, until I put a pin in her stomach and she popped, squirting gross mixtures of water, or bodily fluid as I thought, all over the room)
But what on earth are toy coimpanies coming out with now? Ask Fisher Price- they have decided to start marketing digital cameras to babies. Like babies have an eye for photography. The best part? You can drop it down the stairs. I don't know if it is me, but anyone who drops their camera down the stairs fifty times shouldn't own one. (And the reason why they drop it is because it doesn't even fit in their hands.) So when do we say immitation of adults is enough when it comes to marketing toys to children? Should we be excited our newborn can take pictures of the floor? Or should we draw the line at cars?