There’s no doubt our appetite for electronic toys is growing: Revenue from wholesale shipments of e-toys into the United States increased nearly 200 percent between 2010 and 2022, according to ...

Electronic toys are a poor substitute for parents’ voices, research has shown, and may impede children’s speech development. This might come as a surprise to parents and teachers who thought ...

That explains the booming industry in talking electronic toys that claim to help kids learn language. The study focused on roughly two-dozen children between the ages of 10 and 16 months old.

Advise him to skip the electronic toys and pick something hands-on that involves make-believe play between kids and their parents, according to guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

If parents want to help their babies learn to talk, they need to ditch the chattering electronic toys and bring back the books and blocks. That’s the conclusion of Anna V. Sosa, an associate professor ...

The electronic toys that talked, lit up and sang songs were less beneficial for language development than the traditional toys or books, the researchers said.

With Electronic Toys, Simplicity Is Everything. 3 minute read. By TIME Staff. August 19, 2011 12:00 PM EDT. O nly a weirdo would use a thirty-year-old word processor to get real work done.

I know in the digital era, playing with electronic toys and tablets are things almost impossible to avoid, but the study recommends parents don’t underestimate the power of the more traditional ...

Electronic toys are the biggest contributors to "invisible" e-waste, products that most consumers do not consider electronic waste. Amfer75/Getty. Coming in at No. 1, with over 7294 million pieces ...

The ’80’s and early ’90’s were a magical decade for gadgets for kids. Computing power and display technology were evolving and cost effective enough to penetrate the toy market in a big way.