Children's Toys

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The paper looks at the history of toys and examines what toys children like today. The paper explains that toys were originally associated with the amusement of adults. The paper is set up as a research study that uses two informants as subjects of study. Each subject was asked to bring their favourite toy with them to the interview where data was collected.

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"Toys were originally associated with the amusement of adults (Grossman, 1999). However, according to some researchers, in the 19th century, toys became strongly linked to the lives of children due in part to the industrial revolution and the increase in the standard of living. In the 1800's kids who lived in rural areas had very little time for play. Most of these children spent long hours working on the family farm. When given the time, children played with pieces of string, bits of wood, corncobs, old wagon wheels, or whatever else was available (Grossman, 1999)."

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