August 7, 2012

• A Little Mess

  Growing up, I was scolded for making spills.  My memories of those incidents were of being harshly reprimanded.  It felt like it was the worse thing I could've done, and I always felt so awful about dropping something, knocking something over, or making a spill.  Honestly, it wasn't until recently that I realized that when you spill something, you can just clean it up -- and it's really not a big deal.  That seems obvious, but when my baby first started being the author of spills, I had to tell myself that.  And now that she is older and I am giving her opportunities to work on projects with me, I remind myself that with a child, I should expect a mess.  And a mess is great because that means she is learning and participating.  We have fun working together and there is a great sense of accomplishment when we finish a task.  Why would I give that up just to avoid a little mess?

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