Do Children Truly Learn What They Live?

January 18, 2001

Recently, I told the story of how Tim surprised Erin when he came through the door one evening  with a box that was making a "Quack, quack" noise. 

Erin was thrilled to find the two white ducks inside!

  Today, we received a delivery and Erin found the empty box to be Big Fun!  She found a white feather under the Doves bird cage downstairs and crawled back into her box. 

"I'm a cute little duck", she announced. 

Shortly-there-after, I found her fast asleep in the box -- with the feather still in hand.

Do children truly learn what they live?

Gosh, Now if I could only get her to give up her pacifier...

because ducks don't use them to sleep?