“These practices may not only make learning more arduous, but negatively impact children’s sense of autonomy with respect to learning. Pretend play evolved to enhance children’s acquisition and refinement of important cultural knowledge and skills during an extended juvenile period. The abilities needed by modern children have changed and may require new means of learning, but we should not lose sight of the substantial benefits that pretend play can still afford our species’ youngest members.”

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• Person: Not available Organization: Florida Atlantic University
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