My baby always likes to talk to dolls, is there any problem? What is animism?

Deep in the dense forest in the countryside, there is a fat \”monster\” Dodolo who loves to nap, with a soft and furry belly for children to rest on. Unfortunately, only Xiaomei and Xiaoyue can see it. The other villagers can neither see Dudolo, nor the running yellow cat bus or the big oak tree that grew overnight. This is a scene from the classic cartoon \”My Neighbor Totoro\”. In the works of director Hayao Miyazaki, the world always has a hint of animism. Every flower and tree has its own emotions and souls, and the forest is also full of unknown and strange elves and monsters. The most important thing is that this wonderful world is only known to children. In the eyes of adults, the world seems ordinary. Even the yellow cat bus whizzing by is nothing more than an occasional strong wind in the summer evening. While people marvel at the director\’s rich imagination, they don\’t know that in the hearts of children, this world really exists. Swiss child psychologist Piaget called this panpsychism. Mr. Piaget mentioned the world view of children in his book \”Child Psychology\”. He believed that young children cannot distinguish the difference between thinking and matter, nor can they distinguish between living and inanimate objects. In their hearts, the stars and the moon are also Able to think about sentient beings. This is children\’s \”animistic\” thinking, that is, animistic psychology. For young children, the names of things are physically attached to them; dreams are tiny physical cartoons thought up in bed; thoughts are a tone. ——Jean Piaget, \”Child Psychology\” Will your baby be like this? Sometimes, parents will see their children chatting with dolls alone. If it happens in the middle of the night, it will inevitably trigger strange associations. In fact, this is just the animism of the children. Of course, the editor knows that many adults who are still children at heart also chat with dolls, but the difference between the two is that children with animistic psychology really cannot distinguish between non-living matter and living matter. This is not imagination. Because many parents do not understand this psychology, they sometimes simply summarize some of their children\’s behaviors as willful and ignorant. For example, when an adult breaks a child\’s toy, he thinks that he can just buy a new one, but the children insist on the original one and cry about it. Just because in the child\’s mind, this toy is no longer a commodity mass-produced on the assembly line, but an independent life with emotions. It may have its own name or even its own story. However, as children grow up, they will gradually learn to distinguish between matter and thought, living things and non-living things. But before that, I hope every parent can respect the wonderful world in their children\’s hearts and not simply and crudely deny them. The logic of children\’s world Mr. Piaget once gave an example that may be used to explain the logic behind animism. He said that there was a 6-year-old boy who claimed that he only had the sun after he was born, because he did not need sunlight before he was born. This statement reflects the fact that children will always find ways to build their understanding of the world, no matter how absurd their ideas are. However, due to lack of life experience and professional knowledge, their understanding of the world is more limited.Be able to start from yourself and push others by yourself. Remember the little boy who was stuck by a bicycle chain in the news? The adult who rescued him planned to cut the chain, but the boy cried loudly and said: \”Don\’t cut the chain, it will hurt.\” This feeling of pain also comes from himself, because he has had painful experiences and memories. It follows that other things will hurt under the same circumstances. Similarly, the concept of life will also be substituted into other things. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that a doll that looks like a human being is a living object. Animism can be used in this way. There are many parenting concepts on the Internet that suggest parents to use animism to help their children learn and educate. For example, when a child makes a lot of noise, you can say to him: \”You see you disturbed Annie (a certain doll) to sleep.\” This way the child will calm down. I have to say that this parenting concept is too idealistic and may be applicable to some children, but there are also some mature children who will recognize that their parents are teasing them. Even if they believe it, they may not become more sensible and decent because of a living doll. In \”Where Are We Going, Dad Season 5\”, the director team once secretly installed microphones behind some small animals and toys, allowing the staff to speak remotely, creating the illusion that the little rabbits and speakers could speak human language. Although the technique was not very clever, most of the children accepted this fact. However, the talking toy car was beaten by Humph, the talking dog scared neinei to tears, and Jasper could chat with the talking loudspeaker. Pleasant, but also comes with the headache of asking for a megaphone to do magic. Facts have proven that using animism to educate children can lead to various unexpected results. Instead of thinking about preaching to children all the time, the editor recommends doing this. Discuss with children their understanding of things. Children often don’t have many prejudices about things, and their perspectives are novel. Communicating their views on things with children can not only enrich adults’ cognitive perspectives on the world, but also allow parents to better understand child. Sometimes, parents are used to interpret their children\’s strange behavior as unreasonable, but if parents can have enough patience, they may be able to understand why their children don\’t like to be alone in a certain room. It may just be because a piece of decoration on the wall looks very cute. Like a face that frightened him. Parents can also popularize a more scientific and objective world view with their children in a timely manner to help them get rid of some terrifying animist psychology. Don’t use animism to scare your children. What parents really need to pay attention to is not to use animism to scare their children. When many people recall their childhood, they will think of that scary time when they were dominated by XXX. Parents often say, \”If you don\’t eat, XXX will take you away\” or \”If you are naughty and disobedient, XXX will come to see you at night.\” Parents often use their children\’s animistic psychology to fabricate a terrifying story. This character will only harm disobedient children. Some parents with rich imagination can even make up many details vividly. However, such lies can cause great psychological damage to children, and the psychological shadow caused may not be healed until adulthood. Although the voices of doubt are raised by child psychologists, they will still be rejected by them.Other psychologists objected. Some people believe that panpsychism is not a common phenomenon among young children. Children\’s judgments of living entities often depend on the anthropomorphic characteristics of the object. For example, a balloon with a human face on it is more lifelike than a blank wall. And this kind of thinking has nothing to do with animism. Moreover, young children\’s understanding of the world is not stable and often changes. It is difficult to say that panpsychism is a universal trait among children.