Educational Psychologits
(No, not a spelling mistake. It just came out that way when I typed it…)
There was a “piece” on BBC Breakfast this morning about how certain nurseries are letting children play with dolls that are modelled as having Down’s Syndrome. I don’t have a problem with educating children in diversity (although I do have a problem with the concept of a doll having a syndrome – it is just a toy).
But why do we need to employ “educational psychologits” to tell us what is good and bad play for children? When you start analysing play, as with analysing what is “funny”, it ceases to be fun anymore. Let kids get on with it and they will sort themselves out.
Yet another career to be added to the Room 101 of civil service savings when I become Prime Minister, along with traffic wardens and bin snoopers.
