These days children are exposed to constant stimulation from all angles – such as videos, all-singing-and-dancing toys, soft-play centres, computer games and television. Even my toddler grandson knows how to work an i-pad better than I do.

So how to keep them interested? Well the Hot Wheels Sharkruiser is a good start.

And what is a Sharkruiser? Well it’s a fusion between a fairly angry-looking shark with very large teeth, and a hot wheel car. As you can see from the picture it is bright and attractive.

The first thing kids look for nowadays is ‘the button’ – and the Sharkruiser, certainly has one. Press it and red lights shine from its large shark-mouth and from the cockpit on its back; its jaws start opening and closing and it propels itself backwards and forwards across the floor, chomping noisily as it goes.

Plenty of fun and stimulation there. In fact even Grandma enjoyed playing with it.

It is well-made and robust and the bright blue and orange make it stand out against the other toys.

Children vote with their feet, and my grandson definitely voted ‘Yes’ to this one.

 

 

By Dr K Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows

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