I feel that all of the toys for babies that have a strong learning focus are somewhat condescending. The assumption seems to be that the kids will not learn anything unless it's shoved down their throats - be in numbers, letters, colors, musical notes, or whatever else.
The toys seem to be made to be used by kids, but bought by parents ( -(Growing Up Unschooling with Jayn Coburn #citation)) - the unwittingly condescending party in this arrangement. The heavy focus on teaching in our culture seems to perpetuate this idea.
I understand the desire to make sure the concepts of numbers and such are in the kid's world, but there seems to be a distrust (It will all work out) that kids will care if it's not overt.
#learning #toolong