Ideas and Innovations In Early Childhood Education and Care is a think tank based in Watertown Massachusetts founded by Theodore (Teddy) Kokoros in 2018. All researchers and contributors to Ideas and Innovations In Early Childhood Education and Care are either teachers or parents of young children. While early childhood education and care is getting more attention from politicians and the media, too often those shaping policy and discussions related to early childhood education and care are not the people who are more directly involved with the work. This think tank’s goal is to share the research and perspectives of people who work directly with young children.
There has been a lot written over the years about the problems with toys and how they are marketed to kids. I don’t have much to add to those conversations with the photo essay below, but this photo essay shows that in the year 2020 all the issues with toys and how they are marketed related to gender and race are still as present today as they have ever been. (All pictures taken at The Target in Watertown MA. )
