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Some people are going to think the above idea is cute and funny, until they understand the consequences. These kids will tell others their dinosaur toys are alive, and like with Santa Claus, it is not only awkward for them when they learn it's a lie, but also for the parents. Such fantasy delays and disrupts children's development and understanding of how the world works. We operate better if we know how it does, and our parents' limited expertise/time already hinder our learning/growth. Instead of the truth, we are given stories, distractions, and superstitions, producing a false sense of reality. Some of us spend years overcoming such intellectual obstacles; many aren't so lucky and go on stumbling over them their entire lives because they are so hard-wired and reinforced. Parents, more productive imagination and creativity comes from teaching many different relevant things. A better game would be to use the toy dinosaurs to explain that 99% of all species are extinct due to evolution/adaptation/change. One day we will be gone too, so we should make the most of our time. The best way is to start out as informed, prepared, and capable as possible. Education and science are more fascinating, functional, and enduring gifts for our children than the proposed values of mystery, wonder, and innocence, which are byproducts of ignorance. Knowledge is power; and these false idols keep us from it. Rest assured, there will always be mystery and questions for our primitive species. But is it wise to spread more fantasy and lies in a world already so full of both? What do you want: to retard our children and our future, or do you want to help make both as bright as possible? "I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
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