Looking for a great holiday gift for that special young person in your life? Parents magazine has some ideas the “Best Toys of 2021 for Big Kids” : Children in kindergarten and elementary school start thinking more deeply, and these 16 toys reflect that. Building toys get more elaborate, science kits illuminate concepts they’re learning in school, and games start to involve real strategy and literacy skills. It’s worse than a shame to see that so many children’s toys and kids’ products are still made of plastic — a material derived from climate-changing fossil fuels. The only gift mentioned in the article that appeared to be devoid of plastic was, not surprisingly, the Science4you: Green Science Kit. ( The PediaBlog has no opinion of and is not endorsing this product.) Plastic has become a ubiquitous material throughout the lifespans of most adults. (Did you know that more than half of all the plastic ever made in the world was made in just the last 15-20 years?...
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