Skilpadde wrote:
I don't agree with that list. Kids enjoy playing and role playing, and pretending to be someone else, but I really don't think it's normal for them to actually believe that they are what they play act. They might imitate people and professions they admire/ think are cool or exciting, but that's a very different thing than believing they are that person or have that profession.
Nor do I think it's normal for a child to think they can fly or levitate, or have super powers. Pretend to and play it, yes, but not believing it.
Exactly what I was thinking. Half the things on the list are things kids
pretend for fun, I don’t think most of them actually believe they really can fly or anything.
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