Posted on 10/24/2009 4:49:10 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Hmmm, our boys watched endless repeats of their favorite firefighter videos, Richard Scarry cartoons, Veggie Tales, and our younger son loved construction videos and heavy equipment. Now that they’re 14 and 16, they’re honor students who love all things electronic. The younger one plans to work in mechanical engineering or industrial design one day, and is very good at building things with his very capable dad. The only connection I see between their early childhood videos and current tendencies is that our 14 year old always liked working with materials of construction in some form - just like my husband. No firefighters, no dancing vegetables, and no silly cartoonish kids in the family - just good kids who learn technical stuff quickly. I’d put more on genetics and parental involvement than videos. We’ve invested the time talking to them, building Pinewood cars together, involving them in home repairs . . . the old-fashioned way of raising kids.
Ka-Ching, My daughter has every one ever made.
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