The headline confused me too. I thought maybe it was referring to "dumb" toys being ones that force kids to read/think/calculate/imagine for themselves (as opp

The headline confused me too. I thought maybe it was referring to "dumb" toys being ones that force kids to read/think/calculate/imagine for themselves (as opposed to "smart" toys like some video games that do it all for you and let you go into a near-trance). But that seems only loosely connected to the body of the article.