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Is it harming children to believe?
Oh no! Santa fell asleep! Maybe Rudolph can wake him up. “Now it’s time to look for any negative data,” says Elsa. ‘Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny are mythological creatures many of us believe in as children. We think of them as real and our parents encourage this belief. At some point, someone busts…
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What about the cartoons? The movies?
Tiffi shares with Elsa and everyone else an article that she finds online. ‘There is an argument I hear all the time. I hear it in both the real world and in the fantasy world of the internet, from my friends and from my co-workers, from atheists and from Muslims: there is no such thing as Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, or…
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Why did we lose these beliefs?
Elsa is pleased that the first of the two-fold problem is now resolved in her mind. There is nothing wrong with children believing in these fantasy characters. Now it’s time to deal with the second part of the problem. “Hey guys, I need to share with all of you my thoughts and heartbreak on all of this,” says Elsa. “Not…
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Fantasy play is very important
It really seems to be bothering Elsa that she lost that magic. Time to go back on Google! Aha, this article catches her eye - The importance of fantasy play in child development. ‘When you have a good imagination, you are never alone! You can be transported to a world of make-believe where none of your worries exist. Young…
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The Role of Make Believe Play in Adult Life
Elsa hasn’t found an article yet on how adults can get that magic back. And then she finds a small article about make believe play in adult life. ‘You cannot change the past, but you can change how you feel about the past. We often hear how important it is for children to use their imaginations. But did you know adults can…
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What is the inner child?
What’s this all about? Inner child? Elsa remembers learning about it in her psychology classes. ‘Everyone has an inner child. Everyone. Absolutely everyone on this planet has an inner child who guides them and points them toward their joy in this life. For the lucky ones, that inner child is one that was raised in safety…
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How to Be Childlike
Now Elsa is getting very excited because there are articles out there talking about how adults can get that magic back. She continues the search …. That’s it! We need to do childlike things to bring the magic back to us! All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” – Pablo Picasso ‘As…
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Yeti travels in time
Once upon a time ………….. and 252 to 201 million years ago there was a single land mass called Pangaea. ‘Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million…
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Where is that loud BANG coming from?
‘At the end of the Triassic Period there was a mass extinction, the causes of which are still hotly debated. Many large land animals were wiped out but the dinosaurs survived, giving them the opportunity to evolve into a wide variety of forms and increase in number. Lush vegetation grew in the Jurassic Period, providing…
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Yeti is falling down from a hole in the sky
Another loud BANG! The dinosaurs go over to the baby dragons to comfort them. Then they look around trying to figure out where the sound is coming from. A little further down in the forrest, there are two dinosaurs fighting each other. Suddenly they look up at the sky and something is falling out from a hole in the sky.…
