Traditional Toys Promote Childhood Development

We have been telling people that our traditional toys are better for kids than electronic gadgets and video games for years and finally we have scientific proof that we are right! A team of psychologists from a US university have published a paper explaining the developmental advantages that traditional toys have when it comes to promoting a child's healthy growth.

The key areas identified included development of speech, motor skills, self confidence and social skills. In all these areas the traditional toy proved more valuable than an electronic alternative.

The researchers identified that electronic toys and games 'would usually only have one or possibly two definite goals from which the child was unable to deviate, whereas the traditional toy imposed no such fixed structure allowing the child to use their own imagination to use the toy in whatever capacity they wished.

The only area in which the electronic toys triumphed was 'eye-hand coordination'! Obviously they didn't have any of our cup and ball games to hand!