| If you walk into any classroom in the country, you're | | | | when he reaches driving age. And secondly, keep |
| going to have every little boy and girl pegged within a | | | | encouraging his infatuation with cars with the right toys. |
| few minutes when it comes to what they're into. That | | | | Some of the coolest cars toys actually come from |
| girl reading National Geographic loves animals, the boy | | | | Legos. Lego racers, for instance, are pretty cool. They |
| over there doodling in his notebook and ignoring the | | | | let the kid put together a race car either based on the |
| teacher is the artist, and the kid holding his fists in the | | | | instructions, or they can build one of their own design. |
| air in front of him going "Vrooooom, vroooommmmm! | | | | And of course, you simply cannot go wrong with |
| EEEEEE!" is obviously the one who's into cars. | | | | remote control cars. Back when we were kids, these |
| It's one of those fascinations that, for many of us, | | | | were pretty much the cool toy, and they still are. Sure, |
| begins in early childhood and carries right on into | | | | you can play racing video games these days, but do |
| adulthood, and then right on into old age. While in real | | | | racing games let you build your own race tracks in the |
| life, we may have to settle for a more affordable and | | | | backyard? Do you get the same viscera thrill racing in |
| modest vehicle, leaving the hot rods and custom | | | | a video game that you do hearing the whirr and buzz |
| machines to racers and movie stuntmen, the escapism | | | | of the electric motor of a remote control car? Can |
| of a good car chase flick, or just a walk through a | | | | you set up a bunch of used soda cans and try to |
| classic car show leaves most adults with a smile on | | | | stage spectacular crashes into the stack? Remote |
| their face, thinking about what we could drive if only | | | | control cars offer room for imagination that's hard to |
| we didn't have to hold down a job and maintain a | | | | attain with an Xbox controller. |
| respectable living! | | | | And of course, if your kid is still a bit young for |
| If it's your son or nephew who's nuts about V8 | | | | something as complex as a hundred piece lego set or |
| engines and knows more about fuel injection than you | | | | a remote control car or something, there are plenty of |
| do, here are a few words of advice: Encourage that. | | | | things for the young, car loving child. Wooden toys, for |
| Whenever you go to work on the car, let the boy tag | | | | example, They may not fulfill that need for speed, but |
| along, explain to him what you're doing and allow him | | | | they're a safe, easy alternative when your kid is just |
| to help out. At the very least, you're going to raise a | | | | obsessed with automotives and you know he's not |
| kid who can take care of these things for himself | | | | ready for something made for older children just yet. |