Rahima Baldwin Dancy, You Are Your Child's First Teacher
Everything learned and experienced by the child can be repeated in doll play. If the child is progressing through something, the doll will do the same very soon, too."The Doll is special among toys, because it is an image of the human being. With the doll's help we can seek our own identity. We can reveal our own innermost thoughts, sorrows, and joys to our doll friend."
Karin Neuschütz, Das Puppenbuch
Play is the true work of our children, therefore whenever possible we should provide them with the best and highest quality play things. Less is often more. Providing less playthings but therefore in high quality does not automaticly mean to spend a lot more money. A good way to prevent an overflow of toys can be if more family members want to take a share on something special for an occasion like a childs bithday. Surrounding our children with handmade and natural toys means that their memories will be full of these natural, important, and handmade things, rather than toys that are unimportant, inexpensive and disposable.