Guilty Parent Syndrome and Steven Caney’s Toy Philosophy
New York AP profile of Steven Caney a 31 year old toy consultant designer and lecturer at the Boston Children's Museum who argues that many children want to play with their parents not just with toys He catalogs more than 200 simple toy ideas many using household scraps and 52 featured in Steven Caney's Toy Book He promotes hands on play insisting simple inexpensive materials suffice and highlights the refrigerator car as his most successful toy creation with family play turning it into a moving school library and store essay