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As you say, kids will instinctively do this, she pretend played that a car is herself and another is you. They don't need adults to prescribe what they should p
by bonoboTP 5y ago
As you say, kids will instinctively do this, she pretend played that a car is herself and another is you. They don't need adults to prescribe what they should pretend play. They'll play with rocks and twigs and anything else and have fun.
These toys-that-make-feelgood-news are not about kids but adults playing politics (that they are compassionate unlike the other tribe).
- ska 5y ago> These toys-that-make-feelgood-news are not about kids but adults playing politics (that they are compassionate unlike the other tribe). Notwithstanding the tone of the article being "feel-good" I really don't know how you make the jump you made here - lots of research supports the idea that representation matters. Sure kids will happily play with rocks and cardboard tubes, but if they are playing with dolls they will absolutely notice if they are none of the options are much like themselves. It's hardly a big conceptual jump to see how a kid in a wheelchair would like to have a doll/action figure/whatever also with a wheelchair.
- PebblesRox 5y agoI agree, and what really drove it home for me years ago was watching this video of a kid's reaction to receiving a doll like her: https://youtu.be/yj5U-tr-E24 https://youtu.be/yj5U-tr-E24 Who can watch that and say rocks and sticks would be just as good?