Externalizing Dialogue
You can walk by Gabriel's room at night and hear him talking with himself.
"Oh really, Gabriel?"
"Yeah, that's what I said."
"Ok, cool. That sounds fun."
Sometimes, a Jedi or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle joins the conversation, but often it's a replay of playground conversations and classroom intrigue. Janette wondered if we should help him internalize his dialogue. I said, "No, his peers will do that soon enough. Let him enjoy it."
Still it's both cool and amusing that he externalizes his internal thoughts and conversation. Unfortunately, his peers will teach him it's un-cool. Then he'll internalize completely like us adults. No more externalizing dialogue. Nope. That's what I said. Oh, really? That's sad.
-- Dad
