It’s good to let your child's imaginations run wild

SHE’S a witch who has locked you in a dungeon. He’s a cat making a comfortable bed for the new kittens.

Your child’s rich imagination might make you smile, especially when you consider the big benefits it could bring in adulthood — an ability to think outside the box, to be creative, to problem solve.

“These are huge skills to have as an adult in both personal and professional life,” says Niamh Fortune, lecturer at the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education at Maynooth University.