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@alessandrakalini
December 11, 2024 at 4:16 pm
My sister is a toy expert and loves and collect old toys from our childhood! ❤
@maevekennedy3909
December 11, 2024 at 4:26 pm
Tinker Toys !!!
@alessandrakalini
December 11, 2024 at 4:28 pm
I loved everything cute and taking care of it (I’m now a mother 😍), I played being strong (I did Thai boxing later in life), I would make toys myself and my favourite was to draw (I became an artist and have an associates degree❤️)
@ArchDudeify
December 11, 2024 at 4:29 pm
When you say I’ve played with lots of kids and ppl aren’t a little creeped out
@stopworrying8850
December 11, 2024 at 4:38 pm
If toys can do something, imagine what social media and gaming do to you.
@DC-zi6se
December 11, 2024 at 4:39 pm
Spoiler alert: THEY DON’T 😂
@LukeMayay
December 11, 2024 at 4:43 pm
Very interesting approach! How do you maintain consistency of style in all your videos? 😚🍒
@ericaferrideoliveira4610
December 11, 2024 at 4:54 pm
Thank you !!
@EdwardHendersonon
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 pm
Thank you for your openness! How do you interact with viewer comments below the video? 🔥😛
@Awrethien
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 pm
Reading though the comments I think people have it backwards. The toys are not forcing you into a direction. The act of playing with a toy is an expression of a core part of what makes you the person you are. Just giving a kid an Erector set is not going to make them an engineer, but if you have a kid who likes to take apart the toy for fun to see how it works *that* is the sign you might want to get some engineering 101 books.
@lindamon5101
December 11, 2024 at 6:38 pm
Through*
@AlanMGross
December 11, 2024 at 6:56 pm
It’s a question of cause and effect and which is which.
@juliusryan890
December 11, 2024 at 5:27 pm
I didn’t play with toys when I was young
@lindamon5101
December 11, 2024 at 6:41 pm
Sure jan sticks& mud?
@harrypearle9781
December 11, 2024 at 5:32 pm
(STRONG) NATIONAL MUSEUM of PLAY is near my home, in Rochester, NY
I will share this video with the MUSEUM people and others in Rochester TNX MCH
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@harrypearle9781
December 11, 2024 at 5:33 pm
TNX
@memig9984
December 11, 2024 at 5:50 pm
I want to take my kids there.
@kimhoffman2495
December 11, 2024 at 5:49 pm
When I was a kid my favorite Barbie “game” was launching Barbies off the fan blades of my bedroom ceiling fan lol. Then I was given a little handheld organizer device (that I nicknamed “Watson” lol) with educational games, thesaurus, dictionary, and an encyclopedia. I LOVED that thing lol. I would look up anything that I could, and learned. I still love learning, weird I know, so I continue to keep learning even as I am now older 😊.
@alping45814
December 11, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Some older women still use toy’s. Any childhood related stuff you can tell about that?
@LăngKínhĐộngVật-vietnamese
December 11, 2024 at 5:59 pm
Tôi nghĩ việc đánh giá con người qua đồ chơi thời thơ ấu có thể quá giản lược và dễ dàng bỏ qua nhiều yếu tố quan trọng trong cuộc sống, như môi trường hoặc các trải nghiệm cá nhân.
@jenny22332
December 11, 2024 at 6:07 pm
I grew up in the 80’s (born in 1982), and played with a variety of different toys. I just absolutely loved those simple building blocks toy and would dream of actually building a real building one day. I grew up to be a construction manager where I get to work on some of the biggest & tallest buildings ever built! 👷♀️🏗️🏢✨
@drnoahstjohn
December 11, 2024 at 6:08 pm
Wonderful talk Chris!
@ReadingAdam
December 11, 2024 at 6:27 pm
I was wondering if he was going to address the propaganda of toys. When I walk past an aisle of toys for boys, I see loads of guns, weapons, and action figures. I played with a lot of them myself and one of my dreams as a boy was to join the military and be a soldier (thank God I didn’t). How many toys subtly point young men in the direction of serving the empire? I also think I’d be scared to be in a closed office with this man.
@SurfbyShootin
December 11, 2024 at 6:37 pm
Nice toys but I had a T-REX. Now bow down.
@lindamon5101
December 11, 2024 at 6:40 pm
My toys swingset teetertotter tetherball clothesline bike trikes stilts krissy doll. Tractor innertube paper airplsnes. Lil fire engine scooter thing.
@frenchtoast4574
December 11, 2024 at 6:58 pm
It’s interesting how the toys do matter because of how it draws the kid’s attention, even though it matters most how the kid decides to play with said toys…
It’s as if it was divided in 2 phases:
1- Interest
2-Development
@nRecovery100
December 11, 2024 at 7:47 pm
Love this reflection on how toys shape our values and play styles!
@ElicBehexan
December 11, 2024 at 8:10 pm
I preferred to play pretend. A few props, but mostly what is happening in the child’s mind. I’d still play pretend if I could find a playmate. However, I didn’t go into things like D&D, I write stories now. Not published, but I write.
@YoutubeAreJewz
December 11, 2024 at 8:17 pm
I played with matchbox cars, bicycles, LEGOs, sporting equipment…. Never owned a console… had computer and used to play racing games and flying games.
Fast forward 15 years and I am an airline captain. Still want to be a racing driver though.