Psychology says children who turn household objects into toys may have stronger imaginations than parents realise |
A banana held to the ear, a saucepan worn as a helmet, a cardboard box turned into a rocket, children everywhere transform household objects into toys, and parents often dismiss it as silliness. Psychology research suggests otherwise. According to Simone Bijvoet-van den Berg and Elena Hoicka, writing in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology in…
