The main point for me is that toys are incredibly more important than we realized.

Puritanical attempts to cure society by taking toys away from children are hypocritical and futile.

Adults spend $500 billion on games and leisure activity each year, and some adults lament that kids get $15 billion for toys.

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life.

If you are going to take away war toys, then what are you to replace them with? Children need to feel courageous, brave, and assertive. They need to feel strong; that is the purpose of their play.

Despite the efforts of some parents, children still tend to act out the traditional sex roles of our culture. The child's peer group may have more of an influence over this than the parents.