In a little Parisian toy shop, of which the city has almost 800, I have learned, there are toys so beautiful that it takes my breath away. Wow.

I am transfixed by the elegance of the designs - more art than toy, almost. It suggests that children play differently in France, and thus grow up generally to be more gentle and refined, perhaps?

These beautiful French toys are to be played with gently, treasured by parents, and perhaps by the children, as well? Certainly they are meant to be passed down to succeeding generations.

Even the displays in the toy shops are elegant, artistic even. How do toys differ from country to country, I would like to know. How do they differ from culture to culture, and how do these toys promulgate cultural mores and distinctions?

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written by StillRemembers, February 07, 2012

Have you forgotten how much you hated toys like that when you were a kid?

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written by bruce lund, February 07, 2012

Don't know that I had many toys that would have fit that description. I do recall playing fairly gently with my toys and not doing them or the house much damage.
Did you have toys like that?

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