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How children's play reflects society (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by JohnBrownsBawdy@hexbear.net to c/parenting@hexbear.net
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Honestly this poster got it right.

I look at the play and language that comes home from school with out 7yo and, well, yuck! So much focus on being a “rich guy”, comparison, taunting. It sucks! I recognize that there’s also the element of being seven and growing up in here, but I’m also a firm believer that play reflects the ambient noise children are exposed to.

We are looking at moving schools again but at some point it just feels like an honest reflection of a sick society.

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[–] damnatum_seditiosus@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a book, never quite managed to finish it, called : Children and play in the holocaust by George Eisen - where the author shows the kind of games children were playing in the ghetto.

It's quite grim as you can imagine, but it portrays your main idea there, as play is a powerful tool for kids to adapt and learn about what is required in their society. Off the top of my head, some children were acting gestapo probing where a kid would play an agent and tried to find secret information from a member of the "resistance" group. The goal of the game was to keep quiet of course. From my years in education at uni, I was quite invested into free play and how to organize it within a summer day camp where I worked, now I have to get back to the books I haven't finished yet !

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

I saw another post on here about kids playing as ICE in Roblox so it's happening today in the modern playground