Taylor, M. (1997). The role of creativity and culture in children's fantasy/reality judgments. Child Development, 68(6), 1015-1017. Many researchers have underestimated children's ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality due to "methodological problems and overgeneralization" of children's performance under conditions where they have little control. Therefore, the main goal of this article was to explain that children have the ability to differentiate between fantasy and real entities. Furthermore, there are different types of distinctions between fantasy and reality, and cultural backgrounds may influence children's fantasy-reality judgments. In terms of the distinction between fantasy and reality, Taylor (1997) argued that children often recognize that their actions during pretend play belong only to the realm of simulation and are therefore not real. However, because there are many distinctions between fantasy and reality, children tend to be confused. For example, fictional characters resembling humans (e.g. Santa Claus) tend to confuse children because parents often provide proof of his existence. Thus, children are able to differentiate between fantastical and real entities only when they have some control over the experience (i.e., pretend play). Finally, culture also plays an important role in the distinction between fantasy and reality. For example, Western children view pretend play as imaginary compassion, but children in other countries (e.g., India) refer to fantasy things as real things that exist in a spiritual realm. This particular article did not conduct any actual experiments on children's fantasy-reality distinctions. . Instead, the author reviewed several research articles that supported his arguments. Therefore, the information provided seems biased...... middle of article ......lomb, C. and Galasso, L. (1995). Make believe and reality: Explorations of the imaginary realm. Developmental Psychology, 31(5), 800-810. Woolley, J.D. & Wellman, H.M. (1993). Young children's understanding of imaginary mental representations. Child Development, 64(4), 1-17. Skolnick, D. and Bloom, P. (2006). What does Batman think of SpongeBob? Children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction. Cognition Development, B1-B18. Amsel, E., Bobadila, W., Coch, D. and Remy, R. (1996). Young children's memory for true and false identities of objects. Developmental Psychology, 32(3), 479-491. Parker, LR and Lepper, LE (1992). Effects of fantasy contexts on children's learning and motivation: Making learning more fun. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62(4), 625-633.