Don't be surprised when a four-year-old child at your nursery comes in one morning and proudly announces to everyone, 'I want to be Batman when I grow up'. You can be sure he has watched a video or the television the night before featuring this character, and he has been strongly influenced by it.
The typical pre-schooler becomes attached to a television or film figure at times, a role model that suddenly assumes great importance in his life. Soon the child thinks a lot about this character, talks about them to other children, and wants to tell the nursery staff about his hero at every available opportunity.
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