#so you are teaching important life skills and being rewarded with the Cheekiest Grin on Earth | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

queerfables · 1 month ago

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If you are ever in charge of a kid it is IMPERATIVE that you sometimes let them get away with stuff, because you will never see a grin like the grin of a kid who is Getting Away With Something. You gotta be a coconspirator and help them steal extra slices of capsicum that were supposed to go in the frying pan for dinner. You gotta pretend you don't know exactly what they're doing when they try to buy themselves another ten minutes before bed. I absolutely promise that the benefit of enforcing a non-essential rule 100% of the time is nothing compared to watching their delight over successfully breaking it.

#and in addition to being SUPER CUTE #learning when and how to break rules is honestly just as important as learning to follow them #so you are teaching important life skills and being rewarded with the Cheekiest Grin on Earth #(obviously the flip side to this is being clear about which rules are necessary always and absolutely)#(we don't run out onto the road even if there's a pigeon sitting there that we REALLY want to chase)#(we don't hit other people even if we're really angry they won't read us six stories in a row)#(these examples are geared at toddlers with poor impulse control bc i'm drawing from my own life but you get the idea)

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