Originally posted by Faith628
I just think that using aliens might conjur up fear in a child instead of a fairy like Tinkerbell.
To me, this seems totally irresponsible. For one thing the child's world should not have element of fear introduced into it like this, especially ino the haven that a playground might represent.
It's also uncontrolled, in that there might have been children in the class who had some alien dreams, screen memories covering up parental abuse, or some other pre-existing condition that this could have sparked a real sense of lingering terror.
Though this is unlikely, and children tend to see scarier stuff on HBO, it's still not an ideal situation.
Who's to say that some of the shyer children will now be less outgoing when they go out to play. This teacher is unlikely to be a qualified child psychologist in any sense.
I'd suggest you at least call the teacher and ask her 'did you say the aliens would be landing next summer?', just to see what she says. You don't want to seem alarmed so she's truthful.
BTW, you should think long and hard about your wish, that you can't wait until they get here. They're likely to be a lot dirtier and scarier then you anticipate and I'm not sanguine about encountering any of their parasites. Seriously.
Good post and good follow up. Totally real looking homework and coherent story for a change. Starred!
,and would rather let her come to me in her
own time with any further info.
