Ericka Kammerer wrote:
> Stephanie wrote:
>> Narelle wrote:
>
>>> My dd cut her own eyelashes when she was around 4yo. Her reason was
>>> that she "wanted to have pretty eyes like her dolls".
>>> They grew back fine, and she never did it again.
>>
>> The weird thing is that she genuinely does not seem to know what
>> happened.
>
> I dunno. At 4yo, magical thinking still applies: if
> I *want* not to have done it badly enough, I really didn't do it.
> They can be utterly convincing and totally false all at the same
> time ;-) After her grandparents made a fuss, she may have heartily
> wished she hadn't done it and decided to go with that theory, even
> if normally she wouldn't have lied about something like that.
>
> Best wishes,
> Ericka
That is what I think. Which is fine. My ONLY worry is that there is
someone
who is sticking scissors near her eyes and may attempt to repeat the
process.


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