Fake Remotes Don't Cut It

After the kids had changed channels mid-program one too many times, we had a brilliant brainstorm. We pulled out old remotes that were still around, and gave them to the kids to play with. Anecdotally, remote controls that don't control anything are not interesting to kids beyond the first day (if they even last that long). And we're not the only ones to discover this...AC's cousins tried to fake their kid out the same way, with the same results. Fake phones are OK--kids can imitate one side of a telephone conversation all day long. Alana often plays "office", imitating Daddy's business calls...which sound pretty inane when I get to listen to them as opposed to participating in them!