"I Want To Be the Littlest Baby"
A child psychologist friend once told me that he kept a doll house in his office, explaining that he could often learn more about a child while playing "family" than in any number of hours of traditional talk therapy. I'm no therapist, but I can certainly see the potential there.
"I'm this baby."
"I'm the mommy bunny."
"I'm a baby too."
"But I'm the littler baby."
"I want to be the littlest baby."
Just in how they choose their roles, there's a whole world of aspiration and query. Over the years I've noted that more children want to play the "baby" role, the younger and more helpless the better. For a long time, I assumed that "mommy" was the power role, the one that went to the child with the strongest urge to be in control, but I know now, as every child knows who has ever lost their place in the family to a CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: "I Want To Be the Littlest Baby"
"I'm this baby."
"I'm the mommy bunny."
"I'm a baby too."
"But I'm the littler baby."
"I want to be the littlest baby."
Just in how they choose their roles, there's a whole world of aspiration and query. Over the years I've noted that more children want to play the "baby" role, the younger and more helpless the better. For a long time, I assumed that "mommy" was the power role, the one that went to the child with the strongest urge to be in control, but I know now, as every child knows who has ever lost their place in the family to a CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: "I Want To Be the Littlest Baby"