Stranger Danger
22.05.12
I love to ask my kids about their dreams. Each morning, it’s our sleepy-eyed, breakfast conversation over cereal, chocolate milk and waffles. I know that sometimes their dreams are made up on the spot. But I love hearing the first thing that pops in their head, as it is sometimes almost as telling.
Hearing a verbal rendition of their dream is illustrative of how they think, sometimes allowing me to figure out their fears and hopes or just how developed their imagination and reasoning have become. It’s a sneak peek into where their mind travels when they tune out and hit the pillow, whimsically drifting off to dreamland.
At the breakfast table last week, my 5-year-old daughter was eager to tell me her dream, prompting a discussion before her waffle was even toasted.
“Mommy, last night I had the best dream ever,” she said enthusiastically.
“I had a dream that I met an old man and he let me come into his house and he gave me some candy and I gave him some candy too. He was so nice,” she said.
Source: Patch.com