I think the biggest mistake I see parents make is not letting children 'do it themselves'. They want to teach them exactly right from the get go.
This is a big mistake. Let 'em fail small and often :)
She tried to encourage me to think of it so I took off a shoe and asked her what it was made of.
I think one of the issues with not letting kids fail is that they don't learn how to problem solve. I think one of the things that kids are unable to do today is to use what they have around them to do what they need to do. I think it is because people have purpose-built tools for everything. The basic "knife as a screwdriver" mentality has been lost.
I was curled up in the dog house with the collie. Naked.
This is something I do worry about with Smallsteps as she is naked most of the time at home - like a wildling.
Clothes are over rated except for temperature regulation.
The case worker thought that was one of the most logical things she'd ever heard :)
Kids often make more sense than the adults around them :)
@bigtom13...i hahahaed for a moment there
As children we often do weird things.
Sometimes they're okay relating to homeostasis we do not know.
Sometimes out of curiosity
It's okay to try out things as a child though.
It's the right time because when we are older it because abnormal for an adult to make mistakes