Childhood Engineers Gifts

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

"The way he stacks those blocks, I see repression, some hostility, and a lot of dissatisfaction with his place in society."

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

A boy acting suspiciously

A man sees a leak in his ceiling and drills a hole in the floor under leak to by pass his apartment.

"You're welcome."

Tamagotchi paralysis.

"I got a swiss army hook!"

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Child makes a toy and frightens himself.

Building Blocks.

'Don't push your luck Simkins with that alleged glove stretcher!'

'I want to chuck all the spelling and math and just get back to playing with blocks.'

"We've created a safe, nonjudgmental environment that will leave you child ill-prepared for real life."

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

"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."

"It's alive! Alive!!"

"Thanks to the Internet, I learned to ride a bike. Since I was bored, I also got my pilot's license."

"We can speak freely now. I've encrypted the line."

Computer operator welding machine.

Crane fishing

Baby reaching food using building blocks.

Computerized Dollhouse.

"I've decided to major in engineering...college loan debt restructuring."

"Ok, Griffin — let him see Mom’s roast!"

Baby Potty Training Robot

A martial arts student saws a block of wood in half

"Never marry an engineer."

'Art, art, art - When are we going to get some engineers?'

"Is that one of those cars that tells you when it needs maintenance?"

'Don't throw the little silicon chips away -- we may find a use for them someday.'

'Currently I've got lemonade, 7% CDs, Discount Brokerage and No Minimum Passbook Savings. I'm going to miss banking deregulation.'

Child development. How children change.