Word: toye
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...baby tapes are the creation of Seattle developmental psychologist Brent Logan, founder of Prelearning, Inc., a prenatal-education research institute. "This is not a yuppie toy," says its inventor. "We have barely literate families who are using the tapes." To date, 1,200 children -- the oldest of whom is now four -- have "listened" to the recordings. Last year 50 of the youngsters, ranging in age from six months to 34 months, were given standardized language, social and motor-skills tests. Their overall score was 25% above the national norm...
Still, even the tamest of sex makes computer-game retailers nervous. "The last thing they need is some parents' group marching outside the stores," says Williams. The problem is that virtually everyone thinks of computer games as part of the toy industry, and the idea of a toy with a sexual theme is inherently objectionable. People like Williams, on the other hand, claim that the games are really part of the entertainment industry -- and few would argue that movies and books cannot contain adult themes. But until retailers relax, Sierra On-Line is not rushing to market other sexually oriented...
...that violates a youngster's right to buy whatever toy he wants...
...toy is not an issue of Playboy. Kids have always played with such toys, and who are you to tell parents what their kids can play with? That violates the parents' right to let their child grow up the way they...
...pornography, the other the right of parents to buy their child a toy...