Secrets & 5 year olds

Jacob's idea of what to do with a secret is "Hey! I have a secret.  Want to hear?" 

Today he evolved to the next level.  I was playing the role of stuffed bunny rabbit when he told the bunny in a whisper, "Hey, you know what?  I hid a bouncy ball in each pocket so I can take them to school." 

So there I am holding a stuffed rabbit trying to decide if I react as bunny and then confiscate the bouncy balls on the way out the door ... or if bunny should be mom and tell Jacob he shouldn't take bouncy balls to school ...  or if I should just drop out of role playing for a minute to talk about bouncy balls and taking toys to school ...  (I did the latter but on retrospect I would do the first one next time. Or maybe bunny should ask if that's a good idea.)

If you are playing the role of bunny are you entitled to know the information that bunny is privy to?

Comments

[Jay KTX]

Good question! As a mother I would say, "Yes, of course." But as a grammy, I'm not so sure!