Howard P. Chudacoff

This book is obviously written by an academic, much too much duplication of statements about main points and conclusions. There is lots of detail about demographic, social, commercial, economic and intellectual trend changes that affected the evolution of children's play. A principal observation is that children are less creative in play than they have been in the past, because toys "come with instructions" and manufacturer "brand" toys with connections to current media that define how the toys should be used.… (altro)