Kids break stuff. It's a fact. If your son or daughter has ever asked to play with your new digital camera or tried to put a DVD into your $300 player, you've probably been one of the many parents who freeze in terror as you watch your kid destroy your tech toy. Instead of spending time guarding treasured electronics, why not buy your child a Fisher-Price Kid-Tough DVD Player or Digital Camera?

Both toys are made for kids three years old and up, and are very easy to use. To start with, the DVD player is simple and functional. It can act as a DVD player or a CD player. The screen, although small, has a good resolution. The player comes with an AC adapter, but it also has a rechargeable battery. So once you charge the battery, your son or daughter can watch DVDs or listen to CDs in the car.

And yes, there is a headphone jack, so you won't have to listen to the Wiggles anymore. You can also connect the player to your TV with an AV cable (not included).

The DVD player is made to handle being dropped over and over again, so this is the perfect solution for your uneasiness when it comes to kids and electronics. The player does come with a hefty price though: $150. But, for a practically invincible portable DVD player, it's well worth it.

Speaking of invincible, the Kid-Tough digital camera not only has the same protective rubber sidings as the DVD player, but it's also waterproof. That's right, you can now be free of worry when your daughter brings the camera to bath time. The camera is waterproof only for 30 minutes and in up to 3 feet of water, so no deep-sea diving!

The digital camera is just as easy to use as the DVD player. It has big buttons, and unlike your digital camera, there's only one option when taking a picture. There are no "autumn leaves" or "candlelight" settings--you'll need to buy a real camera for that. But, for a 3-year-old, the Fisher-Price camera will do just fine.

Also, if your kid can tell the difference between low- and high-quality photos, this may not be the camera for them. The camera lets you take photos at the standard setting of 640-by-480, or you can take high-resolution photos at an interpolated 1.3 megapixels. Either setting produces pretty grainy photos, but most kids won't care.

To take a photo, you can look through the LCD screen or use the two eye-holes that look like they belong on a View-Master. The camera automatically uses a flash if the area is too dark. There's no way to control the flash, and there's also no way to control the camera's sound. Although not loud, sound effects play each time you turn the camera on or off, take a photo, delete a photo, or scroll through the photos.

It's simple to connect the camera to your computer with the included USB cable, but keep in mind that the USB outlet is on a part of the camera which requires a screwdriver to open. This is to keep the camera waterproof. So, you'll have to help your children when they want to upload their photos. The camera stores up to 500 photos with 64 MB of memory. For only $50, this is a gift that will make your kid one happy little photographer.