Skip to Content

Looking for the best info on potty training your toddler? Click here.

Gift guide: keeping kids quiet

Categories: Toys & Games

playboardI love this gift guide in the New York Times today (see sometimes the Times actually likes families). Michelle Slatalla has insight into gift shopping for children I can relate to. I can also relate to her ideas about parenting, a parenting magazine with articles like "Wipe Yourself!"? Come here Ms Slatalla, it's make out time. For gift giving, she's less concerned about the trendy and more concerned with items which will keep children quiet for extended periods of time. Yes!

She admits babies are hard to shop for since they like to sleep ("Boring") and cry ("which you don't want to encourage"). But babies also like to eat so she recommends the KidCo Food Mill. For kids 3-6 and up she says you must avoid anything advertised on television that makes noise or that stains. She recommends the Magnetic Play Theater series, it's small, unbreakable and kids can set it up on their own (she repeats: "On their own") in seconds. For kids 4 to 10 she says the Fibracolor 100 marker set is versatile enough to entertain kids in this wide age range.

Recent Posts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

How To Submit Photos:
If you'd like your children (any age will do!) featured on ParentDish, upload photos into the ParentDish Flickr Pool. Be sure to read our main Flickr page for more information.

Features

Recent Comments