10 07 11 - 10:27

Has imagination disappeared?

Has imagination disappeared?

It seems that children no longer are told to go out and imagine. So often TV and video games are used instead of the creativity that was there when I was a child.

Back in the not so distant past the possibilities were endless all you had to do was let your imagination run wild. You could be in a pirate ship hunting treasure and fighting sea monsters in the morning and having tea in the afternoon with the queen.

I recently started a story to a young friend with the word imagine and to my amazement he asked me whats that? ... (more)