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By understanding a child's mentality, either through direct contact,
or by reading any of the many and excellent books on the
development of children, one can get a very good idea of what is
suitable and what will be wanted. Often from the heights of our
adult status, we try to project our own ideas and tastes on the
young and if they reject them, we feel hurt. Yet we must not
forget that a child's conception of a plaything differs vastly from
ours. The toy is ultimately a gift for a child, its role is to please the
young. What we find amusing, a child may not. He often shows no
interest in what we regard as a "good design" and what we think
will be good for a child may become an unwanted toy put aside.
So, by learning about children, we can appreciate more fully the
function of a toy.