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Only on repeated hearing of a fairy tale, and when given ample time and opportunity to linger over it, is a child able to profit fully from what the story has to offer him in regard to understanding himself and his experience of the world. Only then will the child’s free associations to the story yield the tale’s most personal meaning to him, and thus help him to cope with problems that oppress him.

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Bruno Bettelheim

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The Uses Of Enchantment

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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.

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