Children's Calendar: Would you play imaginary games with dolls?

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This illustration is from the 1883 children's book "At Home Again". In the picture, three little girls gather together, pretending to bathe their beloved dolls and experience the fun of taking care of the dolls. Dolls are children's most sensible playmates, and if soap gets into their eyes, dolls will never cry and protest.

The famous American psychologist Alison Gopnick pointed out in the book "The Gardener and the Carpenter" that pretending is a unique way of playing human beings. Pretending to be closely related to humanity's ability to think against thinking—that is, the ability to think that the world might have other ways. This ability is at the core of human beings' powerful learning ability and an inexhaustible source of human imagination and creativity.

When I was a kid, I loved to fall asleep with dolls in my arms. The doll is round to the touch, the feel is very soft, the heart is warm when holding and sleeping, and even the dream is very sweet. Unconsciously, the doll has also become a close friend who accompanies us for countless nights, silently accompanying. When you grow up one day, you will find that the toys that grew up with us will become warm memories.