Originally posted by RichardCranium
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Toys such as that are very useful for child psychologists. They use as them as part of the diagnostic process and again later when helping the child to come to terms with has happened to them.
For example, the daughter of the British Foreign Office official who was out in Hong Kong (or somewhere like that). She would fly out to Hong Kong for the school holidays, then back again to her boarding school for term time. Just like most public school children, she was a sensible and responsible child and was expected to travel by herself. This she did for many years.
When she was about 13 she dropped into the conversation with someone about how sometimes the body cavity search would leave her sore for quite some time and she queried how other people coped.
Because she was a child travelling on her own, customs at Heathrow felt this was suspicious and had subjected her to a full strip and cavity search every time she had left or arrived back in the country. Because they had done it to her every time, she thought it was normal and that everyone was subjected to it.
It is playing with toys like the above that allow children to 'show' (reveal) their life experiences without having to talk about them. That is also why there are dolls of babies and small children available (to the health market) with more realistic and accessible 'bits' than you would normally expect to find.
Can you get a clockwork "Beating Policeman"?Leave a comment:
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My daughter LOVES this stuff and still plays with it a lot. She has the hospital and all the stuff that goes with it. They do an airplane set and an airport set so I guess a security station seems logical.Leave a comment:
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Still, if that man in the stripy top and blue scarf hasn't got any dope on him I'll eat my miniature plastic hat.Leave a comment:
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Are You Fraking Sure!
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