61. Many such children have some of the physical sensitivities we described for Hannah and outlined earlier in this chapter. 62. Many young children have imaginary playmates. 63. My children had a rough time because they were different from the rest. 64. Not only did children have to learn by association and reinforcement, their production had to be shaped to the correct response. 65. Older children have a better prognosis because their immune system is better developed. 66. Only about fifty children actually had to be removed from their foster homes. 67. Only children had the energy for play, the adults were in a permanent state of weariness. 68. Overly sensitive children have trouble making friends with other children. 69. Parents can change this by really listening to the sometimes zany, idiosyncratic ideas our children have about books. 70. Piaget suggested that, in performing actions, the child has first-hand experiences of the relations implicit in physical causality. |