Children have incredibly vivid imaginations. If they are playing as a princess, super hero or wicked witch, they can put on an Oscar-worthy performance without even five minutes of rehearsal. If they ...
Many young children invent imaginary companions (IC) in the early years, also known as imaginary friends. An IC may be entirely invisible, or embodied in a toy or other object. As many as two-thirds ...
Seeing the cover of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) has a powerfully Proustian effect on me: my stomach drops a little bit and a shiver of twinned fear and delight runs down ...