Why do children always point to empty rooms and say "there are people"?

Because my hometown is in a rural area, I have heard some very superstitious rumors from the old people in the village since I was a child: "Children have clear eyes and can see things that adults cannot see." .

Although very superstitious, children have rich imaginations. Many times, children will imagine children of the same age out of thin air, or imagine dolls as "people"

Children Pointing to the empty house and saying there was someone there, my father couldn’t laugh or cry after checking it

About this matter, I remember a mother who had just moved to our community once told us that when her family first moved here, they Jia Niuniu said to an empty room: "Mom, there are two people in this room!"

My mother was startled and hurriedly looked at the room inside, but she didn't find anyone there. So out of fear, the mother angrily told the child, "Don't talk nonsense, where are these people from?"

But the child was also stubborn and still pointed at the empty room aggrievedly and said there was someone there, so the child The mother was so horrified that she called the child's father.

The child's father was very brave and went to check in the direction pointed by the child. Then the father was a little dumbfounded. It turned out that the child saw "Haier Brothers" on the refrigerator.

Soon, the whole family knew the joke. It seems that the child's imagination is really rich.

Why do children always point to an empty room and say "there is someone there"?

1. Children regard toys as children

Children have rich imaginations. Careful mothers will find that when children play with toys on weekdays, they always like to play with some toys. Conversations with stuffed toys, for example, sometimes if they think a stuffed toy is disobedient, they will imitate their mother and scold the stuffed toy.

This means that children regard plush toys as children just like themselves. In the eyes of children, these plush toys have as much life as them.

Children with rich imagination often imagine stuffed toys talking to themselves. This is also the child's "anthropomorphic thinking".

This is a normal phenomenon. After all, every child has such a period. However, this period usually disappears when the child is 6 years old.

2. Children cannot distinguish between dreams and reality

This situation can also happen to adults. For example, a young man who is obsessed with novels has been studying novels for a period of time. Suddenly one day when I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I thought I was a character in a novel while half asleep.

For a child whose IQ is still developing, especially in the early childhood period of 1 to 4 years old, it is difficult to distinguish between dreams and reality.

Therefore, while sleeping, if you dream of playing with your children and are suddenly woken up by your mother, the child's memory will still remain in the dream, and the child will be at home. .

Therefore, at this time, the child will ask the mother: "Where did the child go? He was still in the house just now." I believe the mother will be shocked at this time, but this is also the reason why the child cannot tell the difference. Caused by clear dreams and reality.

3. Often treat the characters on stickers and photos as real people

Because children are still young and are in the stage of exploring the world, especially children between 1 and 4 years old. , often regard the characters on stickers and photos as real people.

For example, when a baby sees himself in the mirror, his little hands can't help but touch himself in the mirror. At the same time, some children will kiss themselves in the mirror.

Although the parents seemed very interesting at the time, when the child mentioned "that kid" afterwards, the mother would feel scared, because the mother did not know the child the child was talking about.

In fact, it is yourself in the mirror, as well as the characters in the stickers or the people in the photos. Therefore, when a child asks about a child, the mother should first not be angry or blame the child, but ask clearly what the child is referring to.

Introduce yourself to the child in the mirror

When the child thinks that he in the mirror is another child, the mother might as well tell the child with practical actions that he in the mirror is just another child. It's just what's reflected in the mirror.

Mothers can use the mirror to illuminate various objects while teaching their children that the things in the mirror do not really exist, but are just your shadow, etc.

In addition, mothers can introduce photos, stickers, etc. to their children and tell them that these are not alive and therefore are not your good friends.

When a child accuses an empty room of being occupied, the mother must first calm down and not be superstitious. After all, children have rich imaginations and limited cognitive abilities.

Even many children always imagine that there are monsters hidden in the closet or under the bed, so mothers should not believe it. This is normal for children. As children get older, this This situation will gradually disappear.

Finally, mothers should not watch horror movies for their children, because children themselves have very rich imaginations and very little courage. If they watch these scary pictures, their imaginations will be biased towards those pictures. .