Joseph Fuerst

I LOVE sseing my little ones pretend.....I know for many years I had
forgotten this joy. Is this something one outgrows? Wanders away from? Do
any of you take time to 'pretend'? Does fantasizing about the lottery
winnings whenever I see the jackpot billboard count?
S
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From: <PSoroosh@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Unschooling and Santa


> In a message dated 12/19/2001 7:00:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> ddzimlew@... writes:
>
>
> > This is one of the things I find so charming about my son. He seems to
> > have a kind of old wisdom, an intuitive sense about right and wrong and
a
> > maturity in some things I don't see in most adults I know. At the same
> > time he believes in the possibility his stuffed animals are really
alive,
> > his favorite blanket can hear, and keep his secrets, and an ancient
> > someone is living in the mountain ash tree.
> >
>
> My 14 yo and her 15 yo best friend still play pretend - with stuffed
animals
> galore. They can "suspend disbelief" and have a great time. I think that
> their ability to do this is just amazing. The difference between them and
a 7
> yo doing the same thing is, I think, that they have a certain level of
> background awareness that they are doing it, that the 7 yo wouldn't
probably
> have. Maybe.
>
> --pam
>
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