From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:20:56 -0400

WE all want to run away sometimes. I still wonder what it would be like to run away to a cabin in the mountains, away from the pressures of a job and family....then I come back to reality.

I think it's the same for children, however, they don't have the benefit of years of experience of coping with pressures of daily life of school, chores, family expectations, etc. So they have to turn somewhere to round out their fantasies and confront them with reality: hence, literature:

Boxcar children Railway children Secret Garden/Little Princess etc.

As to greatest fears, I think I read some where that psychologist say that the greatest fear of humans is the fear of being alone.


>From: Monica Edinger <monicaedinger at gmail.com>
>To: Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu>
>CC: ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Children on Their Own
>Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:49:30 -0400
>
>On 8/17/05, Megan Schliesman <schliesman at education.wisc.edu> wrote:
> > And, of course, why is this such a rich theme for children's and young
>adult authors to explore? What is it that resonates so deeply for child
>and young adult readers? Does it speak to their greatest fears? Their
>greatest fantasies? Both?
>
>
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