Back in my day, Etch-A-Sketches were a way to teach children about the limitations society places upon their creativity. "Draw anything you want," they offered tauntingly, "As long as you can do it with two unintuitive knobs! One controls the x-axis and the other controls the y-axis, why, is that too difficult for your slowly developing spatial awareness to cope with? Oops, did you make a mistake? That's okay, you can erase the whole thing and start again!"
With this "freestyle" Etch-A-Sketch, children are taught they can draw whatever the hell they want, not just in black and white, but in a rainbow of noncompliance. I'm sorry, since when did we decide to raise our children to be damn commie anarchists?? This toy absolutely fails to teach them to compromise their creative integrity in order to integrate with society. But if you want to ruin your child's chance at becoming a successful strip mall architect, be my guest.
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