Any mother will tell you that seeing her young child engage in pretend play is a wonderful, imaginative, and creative milestone. When a toddler first imitates her mom cooking or taking care of a baby or getting dressed for a day in the office, it’s a sign of a healthy developing brain. The curiosity that comes with pretend play is not only welcomed, but encouraged throughout childhood.
For Umm Ibrahim, then an eight-year-old girl growing up in a very practicing Orthodox Coptic household in Southern California, curiosity was not treated in the same way.
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