| The world today is representative of an extremely | | | | human interactions. |
| busy and fast-paced society. With rising expenses and | | | | Nevertheless, educational toys can be very helpful and |
| the need to provide a good life for our children, many | | | | enjoyable to children of all ages. They have been |
| households depend on incomes from both parents, | | | | crafted by toy manufacturers after extensive |
| leaving the child with less time to bond with his or her | | | | research into the learning levels and capacities of |
| mum or dad. | | | | children to be worthy of being founts of knowledge. |
| Due to their busy schedules, most parents try to | | | | LeapFrog for example can be described as one of |
| compensate for their absence of interaction with their | | | | the leading manufacturer or electronic educational toys. |
| children by buying them toys. This has quite succinctly | | | | With the Leapster Learning System, children are |
| led to an increase in demand for children's educational | | | | encouraged to learn about a wide variety of subjects, |
| toys to try and fill the gap created by the lack of time | | | | including music, language and art, either in a mobile |
| parents have for their children, while educating them in | | | | fashion with the portable device or through a huge |
| place of their parents. | | | | screen after being plugged to the TV. The pros of |
| While this may be the case, children's educational toys | | | | electronic educational toys as such are that they tickle |
| do not aim to replace the actual presence of parents. | | | | both the interests of children and adults. Sales have |
| The truth is they can merely temporarily fill a void. It is | | | | risen continuously over the years as an increasing |
| important to point out that it is vital for parents to start | | | | number of people have started to see their value, |
| educating their children from the moment they are | | | | particularly in allowing children to interact with their toys |
| born. Toys, while educational, should not be used as | | | | more actively. |
| substitutes for talking, reading and other important daily | | | | |