Once Bitten Twice Shy

This chapter of Bluey Bros refers to episode 1:18, Doctor. In this chapter, we discuss Australia’s love of tropical fruit and Cory’s hatred of green apple-flavoured candy. One feature of this episode is how we can support and appreciate shy or reserved kids, especially as we consider introversion and the needs of introverts. We discuss how encouraging creativity can be a challenge today because there are more structured forms of entertainment/play in kids’ lives today than when we were growing up. This is a double-edged sword. How does this structure affect creativity? Sir Ken Robinson’s work on divergent thinking demonstrates how schooling discourages divergent thinking in favor of convergent thinking.