Boyhood Explorer Gifts

Four Stages of Boyhood

"Have you been on the moon again, young man?"

'Call for you on the cream corn line.'

'I don't know what 'peer pressure' is, but it makes a GREAT excuse!'

A boy acting suspiciously

I'm Bored With Educational Toys

he tries to fly all the time but actually never gets airborne

"All I did this summer was go fishing, camping, bike riding, swimming, boating, and go the movies, carnivals, fairs, concerts and games. I'm bored."

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

'The path to becoming an astronaut is rougher than I thought.'

'You know they've reached puberty when they're more interested in Dr. Ruth than Babe Ruth.'

Happy holidays for kids.

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

"I don't care if you saw this in a western..."

Baby Scientist

One!

Toy Boats And A Toy Ocean Liner

"It's a 'pencil' - It's like a pen, except that it's made of wood!"

"What would you recommend to hold a seven-year-old girl's attention in a car from East Seventy-eighth Street to Bridgehampton?"

"I've always wanted to live on a lake so I can go boating and fishing. Since we don't live on a lake, I thought I'd make my own."

"Ah, to be young and foolish again."

'People have been known to lose an eye when a wink goes seriously wrong.'

Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry trip.

'Did you know there's a river in Brazil named after Amazon?'

"Aw, Dad! I don't wanna move. I just made friends with a fossil!"

'Mystery of Flight' book flying away from boy reading it.

Little Pink Girl and Her Pink Horse

Early 3D technology applied to a book - creating a pop-up book

'We think he has a future in politics.'

'Put that down your fool! It's a bone of contention.'

'That shows how high the water was. The same thing happens in our bathtub.'

Road Buddies

"Unwrapping a mummy."

Child development. How children change.