Why Do Children Like To Disguise

Masking or disguise, a dramatic game par excellence, allows children to (create) the world around them, to give more dynamism, color, image to their fantasies, and at the same time to express their emotions.

Tell me why you're in disguise, so I can tell you what's wrong with you

If children's play is the expression of the child's relationship with life, dramatic play is one of the most direct ways. It is enough for him to dress like a mother or a father to talk like them, to behave like them. What could be more liberating? The dramatic play often serves as a gateway to certain unbearable situations, embarrassing situations, or uses children to draw attention to themselves.

If his father did not pay much attention to him a few days ago, the little one may put on the adult's shoes and pretend to be upset. If the child who is about to be born is jealous, it is not excluded to take a doll/car and take revenge on it, in an aggressive way.

Therefore, through dramatic play, children express their emotions, feelings, and needs. What they would never dare to say, they will only say if they disguise themselves. Their transformation leads to greater freedom of expression.

There are cases when older siblings start behaving like babies, kicking and sucking their fingers even though they have not done so before. The reason? They feel so neglected because of their newborns and believe that only if they become babies again will they be able to attract attention and enjoy the love of their parents.

 The game of mother and father

At the age of two, children begin to imitate their parents. Girls love to sit next to their mothers when they choose their dresses and make-up. If you have a little girl, let her participate in choosing an outfit. Show her some options and let her come up with a solution.

For her to be a healthy young woman in the future, she needs a good female example. And boys need a male role model in life.

Therefore, it is not good for the boy to see his mother when he changes or puts on make-up, but rather the company of his father is good even when he shaves. The little one will be able to help his father perfume himself or choose a tie. One thing is for sure.

If the little ones imitate you, take the opportunity to see how you are seen by them: as someone who always gives orders, who speaks very fast, someone who is nice to everyone, or someone who is always in a hurry, messy, careless.

Playful and developmental

Like no other activity, disguise, and dramatization promote social and emotional development when it comes to exchanging ideas, sharing, giving and receiving, supporting each other, laughing at everyone.

If your child has never disguised himself:

• Put your own and your husband's clothes in a box that you no longer use.

• Don't forget to put on shoes because children love to wear adult shoes.

• Get a hat from your grandparents.

• Look for a briefcase or purse.

• Don't forget a piece of jewelry or a watch.

• Do not impose rules. The richness of dramatization in children is based on spontaneity.

• Disguise yourself, but as a child, and imitate a whim of his lately. Even if he still can't realize it, the child-spectator will see the ridiculousness of his whims.

• Take the child to the kitchen to prepare a snack. It can only be juice and biscuits to avoid the danger of interaction with fire.

• If your character changes quickly, don't tell him anything. This means that your son/daughter has a wealth of stimuli.

Playing without rules is, at this age, the best secret to stimulate children's expression.