Also, it seems that study is referring more to the genre of 'fantasy' than any general fiction. Harry Potter instead of Tom Sawyer.
I took out of this the following: If you teach your child about a god (or gods) that are real and that they are supernatural, have amazing powers, created the Earth in 6 days (or whatever creation story exists in your religion), etc. it is difficult for them to distinguish other stories where the characters may have similar types of powers (like magic) as 'fiction'. Of course we are talking about an age where most if not all likely believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny - who have similar, magical powers. On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > My 5 year old knows scooby doo is not real. He's told me as much. > > Neither he nor his 7 year old sister have any problem distinguishing > > fantasy from reality, fiction from fact. > > > Each person on this list who has disagreed with the study has given > anecdotal personal experience. Somewhere there is a study that tests the > ability to distinguish a study from anecdotal evidence. :) > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371813 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
