Thomas wooden trains are a part of growing up with kids these days.  The very popular kids TV show: Thomas the

Train has grown into an iconic figure that now ranks with the biggest and most popular kids shows of all time

including Sesame Street, Mr Roger's Neighborhood, etc. 

Thomas the Train provides many great life lessons and shows kids the differences between right and wrong.  This

is important for any kids show.  In todays world we just can't start early enough with instilling positive and

uplifting story lines for our kids.  You don't have to watch the nightly news very long to see how anything that

can teach our kids positive life lessons, is a good thing.

Since the TV has become so popular with todays kids, Thomas wooden trains have become equally popular with the

young age group.  You can see how popular these Thomas trains are by going into many toy stores that display

Thomas wooden trains for kids to play with.  There are usually a swarm of kids clambering to get there turn playing

with the train set.  You'll also, no doubt, here some screaming kids who don't want to leave the trains set when

the parents come and swoop up their kids because it's time to go.

Thomas trains allow kids to play out situations and role play as the characters in the show.  Toys that allow kids

to role play are toys that are helpful in teaching kids some of the fundamentals of life.  Some of these include:

- How to work together and be a team.  There's no question that this is fundemtal in our kids growing up to be

cooperative young adults.

- How to share with others.  There's no explanation needed for this one.  Sharing with others is an important

item for little ones to learn.

- Role playing as a character from the Thomas the Train character can also help to teach lessons in understanding

that people are different and that that's ok.

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