Why Children Make up Stories: A Practical Guide to Help Adults Recognize the Underlying Reasons Children Make up Stories [Hardcover]

Why Children Make Up Storiesis an exploration in recognizing the underlying reasons children make up stories, respond to questions, and describe situations from the reality of their viewpoints. Social workers, psychologists and counselors, child protective specialists, and law enforcement officers can use this book as a guide when they are investigating cases with children and writing reports. The book is very useful to those dealing with false-memory syndrome and its effects.Susan Louise Petersonhas worked professionally as an educator of young children in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs. She has taught college level courses in Child Development and Family Studies.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 The Reality of Children Making Up Stories
Chapter 5 Lack of Real Life Experiences
Chapter 6 Limited Ability to Explain Things
Chapter 7 Peer Pressure, Family Influence
Chapter 8 Adults Confuse Children
Chapter 9 Cover Up or Distract a Wrong
Chapter 10 Concerns and Cautions in Examining Children's Stories
Chapter 11 Using Questioning Techniques with Children
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the Author