Thursday, April 19, 2018

Small Children Know what They are Supposed to Want

I saw this in operation yesterday, when I gave my friend Catherine, some little bags of cookies - containing six small cookies (about two inches across) in each bag.

She has two daughters, aged about three and four. To my amazement, they both wanted those cookies, instantly. How did they know those bags contained cookies, when they could barely talk?

Cookies are not part of their vocabulary yet - but somehow they know those pretty little bags, have something they should want to eat, in them.

I think this is alarming - but most people think is is charming, when their little ones know what they are supposed to want, so early in their lives.

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