From: Duane Cleghorn
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Date: 11 Nov 1996
Time: 20:55:07
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What an interesting field note. Iwas there that day and remembered some of the things you talked about. Was she just making a game of being afraid of males, continuing something that she started before you showed up. It sounds like she may have an older brother or classmate that may be terrorizing her, from her comment about her parents, I don't think her father is what is troubling her. I would think that either Silvia is very imaginative about games, since her actions with the mommy game sound to be as intense as the male-monster game. On the other hand, there may be something going on in her personal life that she is having trouble dealing with and is projecting that trouble into her imaginary games. It can be a sticky situation when a child shows unreasonable behavior, but before jumping to conclusions, we have to ask ourselves questions that we may not have answers to. It is sometimes best to wait. What do you think was going on with Silvia, since she seemed to be consciously in the moment, so to speak?