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Can point of view be taught? A theory-of-mind question
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 521218" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Thanks everyone. All of your input makes sense.</p><p></p><p>I'm not really at the "worried" stage yet, just watchful. It's not so much that he uses the wrong pronoun or whatever, which I expect from a 2-yr-old. It's that he seems to attribute his emotions not to himself but to whoever he's interacting with. It reminds me a bit of difficult child expecting people to know what's going through his mind, so he'll start in the middle of a thought rather than providing the background information. Actually, I still do that too sometimes.</p><p></p><p>You're probably right that this may work itself out as he grasps the concept that he's a separate being from the rest of the clan. I'll keep an eye on it over the next several months, and start worrying if he's still doing this a year from now...</p><p></p><p>And yes, the twin-bond between B and P is incredibly strong. They had their own language until they were about 18 months old, when they started to realize the benefits of speaking English so that the rest of us could also understand them. They still have a few twin-words but most of it is gone now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 521218, member: 3907"] Thanks everyone. All of your input makes sense. I'm not really at the "worried" stage yet, just watchful. It's not so much that he uses the wrong pronoun or whatever, which I expect from a 2-yr-old. It's that he seems to attribute his emotions not to himself but to whoever he's interacting with. It reminds me a bit of difficult child expecting people to know what's going through his mind, so he'll start in the middle of a thought rather than providing the background information. Actually, I still do that too sometimes. You're probably right that this may work itself out as he grasps the concept that he's a separate being from the rest of the clan. I'll keep an eye on it over the next several months, and start worrying if he's still doing this a year from now... And yes, the twin-bond between B and P is incredibly strong. They had their own language until they were about 18 months old, when they started to realize the benefits of speaking English so that the rest of us could also understand them. They still have a few twin-words but most of it is gone now. [/QUOTE]
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