Apprehensions

On the radicals of experience

I omit speculation about why boys, in particular, should be drawn to them—the backhoes, steamshovels, frontloaders, dumptrucks, cranes. (It isn’t that hard to surmise; though I don’t rule out girls’ being so drawn, also). More interesting is why this fascination should come at this particular moment, why at this time in the child’s life. Surmise: it com…