sounds like you're way ahead of me on this. We haven't really gotten to this stage as our tot is not yet 2 yrs old.
Nonetheless, I do get concerned sometimes about an overexposure to violence, killing, etc that could desensitize him. Like everything else, I think it's a matter of amount of exposure and whether we are there to help them process it.
Good vs. evil and conflict doesn't concern me as much. I mean, every boy want to be a hero, right? More so, I'm watching more so for how my tot handles anger/frustration/not-getting-what-he-wants. So, I think you hit it on the head with "fierce feelings"
FYI - here's the link - lots of really good discussion in the reviews. I never thought about violence and fantasy in this way: "children use violence to make sense of their world, to help them deal with their own aggressive feelings, and to broaden the range of personality factors by using violence safely in a fantasy realm, rather than in reality."
You gotta tell us what you think as you read through!
good v. evil is okay to me?
sounds like you're way ahead of me on this. We haven't really gotten to this stage as our tot is not yet 2 yrs old.
Nonetheless, I do get concerned sometimes about an overexposure to violence, killing, etc that could desensitize him. Like everything else, I think it's a matter of amount of exposure and whether we are there to help them process it.
Good vs. evil and conflict doesn't concern me as much. I mean, every boy want to be a hero, right? More so, I'm watching more so for how my tot handles anger/frustration/not-getting-what-he-wants. So, I think you hit it on the head with "fierce feelings"
FYI - here's the link - lots of really good discussion in the reviews. I never thought about violence and fantasy in this way: "children use violence to make sense of their world, to help them deal with their own aggressive feelings, and to broaden the range of personality factors by using violence safely in a fantasy realm, rather than in reality." You gotta tell us what you think as you read through!