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Scenario

What children's role assignments reveal about family dynamics

My daughter wants me to be the dragon in every game we play and I'm starting to wonder what that says about how she sees me.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The characters children assign to adults in play often reflect unconscious perceptions of power, safety, and relationship patterns.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Imaginative play — children and adults?”

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