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Toddlers play with impossibly small toys as if they're the real thing

Posted on September 24, 2008

When Jimmy and Nora were toddlers, we bought them great little plastic scooters to ride around the house. They were the perfect size for a small child. Yet Jimmy preferred to ride around on a plastic garbage truck instead, despite the fact that there was no steering wheel and the seat wasn't nearly as comfortable, at least to our adult eyes:We figured this behavior was just one of Jimmy's unique quirks. It didn't really bother us, except for the knowledge that we could have saved 20 bucks on the real scooter if we'd only known he would end up preferring the garbage truck.In 2003, Judy DeLo...

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