Children today are often over scheduled. Because most children's main interaction with adults involves an adult telling them what to do, they are growing up with a diminished ability to deal with undirected time. If the pictures a child might create in his or her imagination, by listening to a short fairy tale or story are usurped by adult generated images, the child's ability to visualize is either not able to develop fully, or is lost through lack of use.
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