08/06/2026
By Sarah Kopinsky - There is evidence that most 3-4-year-old children understand different perspectives and can hold false beliefs (Rubio-Fernandez & Geurts, 2013; Scott, 2017). Wellman & Liu (2004) brilliantly explain how this works in 3 steps:
- A child is shown a Band-Aid box and then asked what is in it (without seeing the inside). The child then likely responds with:β Band-Aids!β
- While being encouraged to look, the box is opened and ... there is a pig inside! The box is then closed.
It is not strange that we find ourselves in the same situations again and again. So how do we change our own narratives?