Toy story: The importance of play in your child’s life

Play is fundamental to children’s whole development and parents need to be involved, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

WHAT if toys could come to life, with personalities and emotions just like ours? And what if maybe they do, whenever we’re not around? This was the premise of the Toy Story movies that have captivated audiences globally since the first one came out in the mid-‘90s.