Be a fairy!
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kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
"The 3:00 to Liverpool leaves Euston at 60mph. Meanwhile the 2:15 from Lime Street is travelling at 80mph. Neither train has any cheese sandwiches left, but the toilets on the northbound train have recently been cleaned. DID YOU STEAL THE BISCUITS, YOU LITTLE BASTARD?"
What nonsense this is. That poor child is having his mind stuffed with made-up nonsense and being written to in deliberately bad English while in the morning he will go to school and be expected to achieve an 'expected' standard in reading and writing as part of the National Curriculum.
If his teachers get wind of the fact that he believes in fairies he might end up getting a visit from the Social Services to see if he needs to be taken into care. His school friends probably already think he is a bit weird if he has mentioned this to them.
I hope he has already grown out of that Father Christmas nonsense that some parents insist on corrupting their children with.
I am not against children having imaginations and making things up for themselves but then they know that they are made up. If the adults in their lives conspire to tell them 'charming' untruths that is different.
I started off jokingly but now have started to get serious as I think about this. I don't think children should be treated sentimentally and, similarly, I hate to hear baby talk being used with toddlers. Let them have things presented straightforwardly as they are learning about the world.
If his teachers get wind of the fact that he believes in fairies he might end up getting a visit from the Social Services to see if he needs to be taken into care. His school friends probably already think he is a bit weird if he has mentioned this to them.
I hope he has already grown out of that Father Christmas nonsense that some parents insist on corrupting their children with.
I am not against children having imaginations and making things up for themselves but then they know that they are made up. If the adults in their lives conspire to tell them 'charming' untruths that is different.
I started off jokingly but now have started to get serious as I think about this. I don't think children should be treated sentimentally and, similarly, I hate to hear baby talk being used with toddlers. Let them have things presented straightforwardly as they are learning about the world.
mrsfran
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Where has anyone treated the child sentimentally or with baby talk? The questions that aren't obviously jokes are pretty straightforward.
It's a useful medium for the boy to be able to talk about things without having to have a serious "conversation" about things or the fear that he might say the wrong thing to a parent. He's six!
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
when my daughter was little she used to write to fairies
when she wrote to the archangel gabriel I had to stop writing back as I felt I was out of my depth
she did it for quite a few years - the whole family got involved - as my sister and my mum started answering from the liverpool fairies when she stayed with them and the liverpool fairies used to leave pyjamas in the garden at christmas thus starting a familiy tradition carried on to the younger grandchildren
I'll ask her later if she's still got any of the letters...she's 16 now
i looked at it like she knew on one level it was me and on another level she liked the play we were having of sharing an imaginative world
when she wrote to the archangel gabriel I had to stop writing back as I felt I was out of my depth
she did it for quite a few years - the whole family got involved - as my sister and my mum started answering from the liverpool fairies when she stayed with them and the liverpool fairies used to leave pyjamas in the garden at christmas thus starting a familiy tradition carried on to the younger grandchildren
I'll ask her later if she's still got any of the letters...she's 16 now
i looked at it like she knew on one level it was me and on another level she liked the play we were having of sharing an imaginative world
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
i dont like that idea. secrets are secrets
how about "what day of the week do you like best and why" that could be interesting
This thread is turning interesting.
Think I agree with Rollem, secrets are secrets and it would be disingenuous to ask him that.
Hocus- a POV worth considering.
The English is how his English is. Remember he's writing these notes by himself, occasionally asking how to spell a word (fairy for example) but otherwise unaided. I have copied them exactly. Unless you meant my English in reply as Pinky
I did not instigate this, in that he wrote the first note by himself, although obviously I have replied. When he asked if I had written the reply I just smiled. He has chosen to 'believe' it could have been a fairy. He knows it's not, what probably 90% sure?, but he's enjoying the possibility. I remember doing the same at his age.
I have decided on Bees suggestion, "I haven't seen you yet George, how do I know you're real?" Depending on the answer I will post his reply.
Think I agree with Rollem, secrets are secrets and it would be disingenuous to ask him that.
Hocus- a POV worth considering.
The English is how his English is. Remember he's writing these notes by himself, occasionally asking how to spell a word (fairy for example) but otherwise unaided. I have copied them exactly. Unless you meant my English in reply as Pinky
I did not instigate this, in that he wrote the first note by himself, although obviously I have replied. When he asked if I had written the reply I just smiled. He has chosen to 'believe' it could have been a fairy. He knows it's not, what probably 90% sure?, but he's enjoying the possibility. I remember doing the same at his age.
I have decided on Bees suggestion, "I haven't seen you yet George, how do I know you're real?" Depending on the answer I will post his reply.
You're just scared he won't say lemon drizzle
Not sure hocus has read the OP properly, your *ahem* the fairy's English is fine!
That's true I was confusing George's sentence with that of the Fairy. So that part of my post is invalid.
But you still think it's wrong, or confusing or unfair on him somehow? I'm interested...
you may have been joking when you say you want to get inside his head, but even though he is your son and even though he is only six, he is entitled to his own space and his own thoughts. How would you feel if someone deceived you 'to get inside your head'? he is his own person, respect that.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
But I really wanted to know who was going to win the 3:30 at Chepstow.
oh shut up - going on that reasoning we should ban them from reading fiction.
With you on baby talk though - that's just creepy.
Oh my God, as if I was joking! Of course I want to know what's going on in his head, I'm insanely curious
It's like when you see them playing in the school playground before they see you, or check out their internet search history, or half hear them talking to their mates in the back of the car. It's fucking fascinating... Hocus I know you were only half serious, but about his school mates taking the piss if they knew... as it happens a couple of his mates are writing to their fairys too. It's a kind of thing goin on, coinciding with losing their first teeth.
And the school he goes to is a proper inner city state primary where 45% of the kids don't have English as their first language. So things aren't as you'd cyncially predict, maybe?
And the school he goes to is a proper inner city state primary where 45% of the kids don't have English as their first language. So things aren't as you'd cyncially predict, maybe?
Ah so it is the tooth fairy that is being invoked, presumably by the parents of the other pupils. Now I am in real trouble because on threads about religion I always say that my only belief is in the Tooth Fairy. I am however a lapsed believer in Her.
I don't think that the number of pupils with English as a second language is anything to be worried about (not that you say that it is), they will be getting extra help which means that there will be more teachers or assistants in the class which is good for all of the pupils.
And I suppose writing to an imaginary being could count under one of the requirements of English learning - that of communication for different purposes. Yup that is in the National Curriculum. I wonder if Ofsted has a particular line on the tooth fairy.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
Aw this is lovely. I'm not so keen on the are you real question..cos that would make me question if the fairy was real...making sense ? No!
I like the more simpler and more pertinent
'what's your fave cake'...if the fairy eats cake she is real and vice versa.
'what's your fave day'...this could bring unexpected responses
my suggestions are 'fave place' , 'whens your birthday' 'what age are you' 'any brothers or sisters'.
Please do keep posting the replies..
I like the more simpler and more pertinent
'what's your fave cake'...if the fairy eats cake she is real and vice versa.
'what's your fave day'...this could bring unexpected responses
my suggestions are 'fave place' , 'whens your birthday' 'what age are you' 'any brothers or sisters'.
Please do keep posting the replies..
BlueSquareThing
With chips
I got sussed fairly early on by my lass, when I completely forgot to remove the tooth from under her pillow
We managed to run one through a dishwasher before he got it under the pillow
I used to dig little pits in the grass and put flowers in them and stones for chairs
Never occupied as far as I know either 
What does she hold against you, I can already see the list growing for my boys
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