My question is when the toy makers will start adding some new functions to the panel, like a mouse scroll wheel, pinch-open icon, or thumbprint scanner. What motor skills do kids need now that they didn't need in the past?
Monday, December 03, 2007
Sign of the Times
I remember when this toy had a rotary-phone dial on it. No longer. I guess that's a motor skill kids just don't need any more.
My question is when the toy makers will start adding some new functions to the panel, like a mouse scroll wheel, pinch-open icon, or thumbprint scanner. What motor skills do kids need now that they didn't need in the past?
My question is when the toy makers will start adding some new functions to the panel, like a mouse scroll wheel, pinch-open icon, or thumbprint scanner. What motor skills do kids need now that they didn't need in the past?
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Opening beer bottles comes to mind. (Our days of the old pop-top are long gone now that we're classy folk.) Aside from that, kids need to know how to type on a keyboard at a much younger age than we did.
I wouldn't say that kids "need" gross motor skills any more than in the past, but certainly there is a greater emphasis today on pushing kids into organized sports at a much younger age--and with a greater sense of parental urgency--than in the past. When I was a little whipper, sports-related games were mostly spontaneously organized neighborhood street games.
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