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Whether children's animism should be preserved or outgrown

My daughter talks to her stuffed animals like they have feelings and personalities and everyone says she'll grow out of it but I remember doing the same thing and wonder if we lose something important when we stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The transition from childhood animism to adult rationalism may represent loss rather than development.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Animism — the oldest spirituality across cultures?”

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