The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

Wooden Block Parenting

Part 1

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Jim Dalling
Apr 04, 2021
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We were wood toy parents.

Whenever possible we bought toys made of wood.

My favourite wood toys were Bil Ding Wooden Stacking Robots.

They had all sorts of neat ways of hanging from each other.

The could be stacked one on top of the other.

As balance toys, at first I tried to see what symmetrical creations I could come up with.

Eventually, I started testing the limits of how far out I could stretch these creations.

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