I don't think this is on the side of deceiving a child. This is really a imaginative aid to a normally traumatic experience, the child knows its not a pirate o

I don't think this is on the side of deceiving a child. This is really a imaginative aid to a normally traumatic experience, the child knows its not a pirate or spaceship, that's rather obvious even to a 2 year old. I do agree with the example you give tho, that truly is a blatant deterioration or trust. I don't feel that this is on the same level of destructive misrepresentation.