Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (144 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 08 November 2006 09:59, Dan Winship wrote:
> ...
>
> Look at it like this; if a child is convinced that there's a monster
> under his bed that wants to eat him, his parents can try to convince
> him that there's no such thing as monsters, or at least that there's
> no room for a monster to fit under this particular bed, or whatever.
> But most of the time, it ends up being a lot easier to just buy the
> kid a night light. The parents know that the night light doesn't
> really do anything, but it makes everyone's lives easier, so...

Recent research shows that insufficient darkness during a child's sleep 
may promote the development of myopia. (And I'm not kidding or making 
this up: <http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/318/7195/1369/a>).

In general, it's better to address the psychology rather than pander to 
fear. This will serve the child much better in adulthood.


> ...
>
> -- Dan


RRS
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