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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 299449" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Thanks everyone. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p> </p><p>We had a little chat on the way to his soccer practice last night. He says he realizes they (Pokemon) are not REAL, he just said he really, really wishes they were and that he could be one. </p><p> </p><p>Okay. I guess I can deal with that. </p><p> </p><p>But then in the same conversation he told me that he KNOWS that dragons are real because of some movie/fantasy documentary that he saw which had "proof" of their exisitence. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /> Then he proceeded to remind me that just because you can't SEE something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Like the Easter Bunny -- you've never seen him, Mom, but you know he's real!</p><p> </p><p>Hoo-boy... how was I supposed to answer that? Yeah, that would mean putting Santa Claus to rest forever, too. I was soooo close to doing it... but I thought that perhaps indulging his very naive view of the world wasn't so bad, at least for a wee bit longer. His peers will eventually set him straight, and I just couldn't bring myself to burst that bubble yet. I know he's 12, but he's a very young 12 in so many ways. Part of me wants to let him hang onto those childhood fantasies to preserve his innocence a bit, and part of me is wary of the "magical" thinking because of his particular mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>So I guess at this point I'm just going to listen a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 299449, member: 3444"] Thanks everyone. :) We had a little chat on the way to his soccer practice last night. He says he realizes they (Pokemon) are not REAL, he just said he really, really wishes they were and that he could be one. Okay. I guess I can deal with that. But then in the same conversation he told me that he KNOWS that dragons are real because of some movie/fantasy documentary that he saw which had "proof" of their exisitence. :knockedout: Then he proceeded to remind me that just because you can't SEE something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Like the Easter Bunny -- you've never seen him, Mom, but you know he's real! Hoo-boy... how was I supposed to answer that? Yeah, that would mean putting Santa Claus to rest forever, too. I was soooo close to doing it... but I thought that perhaps indulging his very naive view of the world wasn't so bad, at least for a wee bit longer. His peers will eventually set him straight, and I just couldn't bring myself to burst that bubble yet. I know he's 12, but he's a very young 12 in so many ways. Part of me wants to let him hang onto those childhood fantasies to preserve his innocence a bit, and part of me is wary of the "magical" thinking because of his particular mental health issues. So I guess at this point I'm just going to listen a lot. [/QUOTE]
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