When my kids pretend to do things, they are under no illusions that anyone believes it to be true. When we say that people pretend something is true, we're usu

When my kids pretend to do things, they are under no illusions that anyone believes it to be true. When we say that people pretend something is true, we're usually implying that they're choosing to believe in their own myth, not that they're trying to deceive others.