Some years ago, I have read of a child who flew off down to his death as Superboy. Can you blame the poor little guy? His innocent mind could not differentiate between make-believe and reality. When he saw Superman fly through the air, he thought that was what everybody could be capable of. So, tell your child about what he sees on television. If the child watches Superman, explain to him/her how the guy on television could take off so effortlessly. Let the child understand he/she could not fly except in an aeroplane. As we all know every child likes to imitate.
Yes, our children loves to imitate. They would wear mother's high heels to suffer a fall, wear father's socks to clean up all the dirt on the floor and cough like the uncle next door. It is good for our precious children to imitate for that is one of the ways they learn. Well, for that matter, that is also the way we adults learn too. We imitate the way people tackle girls or boys, win competitions and perform in sports as well as do business from those who are successful.
However, imitating without understanding can be dangerous especially to innocent young minds. They see someone hide in a box and they may decide to hide in the refrigerator with disastrous result. Someone on television may put a mask made with a paper-bag and our child may imitate by putting his/her head into a plastic bag without realising the danger of suffocation exists in such acts.
If we are always there to explain the dangers to the child, then the chances of it happening is lessen but we cannot be there for him/her twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Therefore, we need to ensure there is a replacement adult around for our children to notice any 'mischief' that he could be up to. This is especially so when we are dealing with very active children.
The presence of adults or parents is so important where little children are concerned that this need should never be underestimated.
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