Bri Muhammad

My son wanted Wendy’s today.

But we don’t really eat fast food, so I made the kind of nuggets we normally eat at home… and put them in a Wendy’s bag.

And he was SO happy 😭

So much of human experience is emotional and social not always literal.

As adults, we think children only care about the thing itself.
But a lot of the time, they’re actually seeking:
the feeling,
the familiarity,
the shared cultural experience,
the excitement,
the belonging.

Neurologically, children are constantly building emotional associations and social identity through shared experiences with peers.

Which means sometimes the experience around the thing matters just as much as the thing itself.

That applies to adults too.

People remember how experiences made them feel more than the technical details of what happened.