The great use of older children is to provide attainable ambitions. A child will make tremendous efforts to be thought worthy of joining in an older child's game.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Bertrand Russell On Education, 1926
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Children and adults have significant differences in knowledge and physical ability, making it difficult for children to mimic adults. In many cases, children simply observe what adults are doing. In contrast, siblings or friends who are only slightly older seem to be doing things that children feel they might be able to achieve with effort. Through this process, children gradually learn to accomplish things that once seemed impossible for them. And in the end, they achieve their goals.
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