questionmark Posted July 13, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Jeremiah Heaton was playing with his daughter in their Abingdon, Va., home last winter when she asked whether she could be a real princess. Heaton, a father of three who works in the mining industry, didn’t want to make any false promises to Emily, then 6, who was “big on being a princess.” But he still said yes. “As a parent you sometimes go down paths you never thought you would,” Heaton said. Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted July 13, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 13, 2014 What's wrong with inventing an imaginary 'land' with his daughter so she can be a princess in her imagination? Okay, it's great that he loves his daughter, but he is not helping her by setting up false expectations of what is essentially her fantasy. Join in her fantasy, yes, but keep it fantasy because that is where children find the most 'magic'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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