Today during lunch I walked over the the Toys"R"Us store in Times Square. Now you may be wondering why, as a seasoned New Yorker, I would put myself in the middle of Times Square on a Wednesday - matinee day, with a zillion people, most of whom have cameras and are standing in the middle of the crosswalk looking up. Not just in the middle of Times Square, but in the middle of the Times Square Toys"R"Us, a store so big it has a full sized, working ferris wheel in it. And I don't even have a child, yet. Call me crazy, I just wasn't thinking. I had to buy a gift card for a friend who just had a baby - a bunch of people contributed and I volunteered to get it. What was I thinking??
You will be pleased to know I did manage to get in and out without running over any pint sized tourists, but I got to wondering: is it possible to get through your child's childhood without ever actually going into that store with your child. Do they really have to know it exists? When you walk by, could you hold your hand over your childs eyes and start playing peek-a-boo? Could you throw out all of the circulars that come in the Sunday paper so they don't see the funny looking giraffe selling all those funny looking toys? If they do see the store, could you make some excuse like "no honey, it's not a real store, it's only a pretend store". Would that work and if so, for how long?
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