echos of things to come
We went to a friends house yesterday for a playdate betsween Kevin and their son and I had to laugh and shake my head at the toys they had.
In addition to an indoor toddler-size traintrack with working train that the boys could sit on to do laps around the playroom, they had one of those outdoor minature toddler trucks: the type powered by a lawnmover engine, but that have enough energy to chauffeur a 2 year old around..
As such, Kevin had his first experience in the driver seat. He seemed a tad anxious the first minute, but when he saw his friend step into the car, put the helmet on (helped by mommy) and take off, he didn't want to be left behind.
It only took him 5 seconds to learn how to push the gaspedal and navigate the steering wheel and soon he was spinning around the driveway like an experienced Formula-1 driver with the largest smile ever on his face...really scary how quickly they take to it...not sure I'm a big fan of making 2 year olds anxious to drive...might be a tad early....say 14 years or so....
..back home, I contemplated on the toys and the insanity of having actual working mini-trucks for toddlers to play with ....only in America
posted by nicky @ 3:44 PM
4 Comments:
Ik moet zeggen dat ik deze 'tricks' onze afgelopen vakantie ook in Malta heb gezien. Nu is het gemiddelde inkomen van een Maltees niet aan de hoge kant (1000 euro/maand), maar toch zag je heel vaak zo'n jonge kinderen met zo'n ding over de boulevard rijden, terwijl hun ouders er achteraan tsjokten of ergens op een bankje een praatje zaten te maken met andere bekenden.
ik bedoelde dus 'trucks' in plaats van 'tricks'.
Soms is het inderdaad triestig als je ziet dat ouders zaken opofferen voor hun kinderen, vooral als het geen broodnodige zaken zijn, maar eerder luxe speelgoed of gadgets. je ziet dat vaak in China ook, hoor ik van mijn schoonzus die daar woont.
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