AAP encourages "true toys"


	AAP encourages "true toys"

tumblon

10-25-2008 9:54 PM

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parenting, education

tumblon says:

It has come to the time when we need the academy of pediatrics to tell us that blocks and dolls are both good and important.

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  American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says free and unstructured play is healthy 
  and - in fact - essential for helping children reach important social, emotional, 
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  the report suggests: 
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    of "true toys", such as blocks and dolls, in which children use 
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