Another day, another art project.

Yes, correct.

My kid did art again.

He loved making his clickety-crab last week and when he saw that sea turtles were the project of the day, he raced over to the tables.

He probably would have carried on doing this the rest of the class, but when he turned his head and caught sight of the tub of water, he scraped his chair back and said, “ISHU ALL DONE, ALL DONE, BYE TURTLE.”

In the evening, we went to the park. My new thing is keeping him out to play ’til as late as possible and packing up his dinner to eat there.

He is WAY more inclined to eat all the food when we’re barefoot under the trees.

I get it, kid. I get it.

Okay, here’s my question for you all.

I’m the parent that lets their kid climb UP the slide and, simultaneously, teach him that when people are waiting to come down, they’ve got priority and he’s gotta stop climbing up and get off.

I also feel a teeny bit self-conscious about that when other parents around me are demanding their kids not climb up the slide, even when nobody is waiting.

There isn’t a right answer here. I don’t think.

But I need to know where you land. Are you the ‘climb up the slide if you wanna, just be respectful of the other kids’ parent? Or are you the ‘you can practice being respectful and pretend there are kids going down the slide even if they’re not’ parent.

Please share.

Thank you very much and have a good day