I love this, thank you so much. This resonates very deeply for me (scientist by day/training, no kids but aspiring to become closer to the kids in and around my life.) I feel like I spend half my life coming up with then testing weird off the wall ideas, and have to pinch myself sometimes that this is for the most part what I actually get paid for. But somehow the idea of looking to kids who do this totally naturally — and even deliberately encouraging them — had never really occured to me… when combined w/ the idea from the previous post that you can actually direct kids towards the menu of stuff you, gasp!, genuinely enjoy to do with them: opens up a whole world of fun possibilities 😃
Thank you, JLG! This comment makes me so happy! And thanks also for the Experimental History post to check out. It's on my reading list! Adam Mastroianni seems like a real gem.
This was such a fun read! As far as the boots on wrong feet go, in the 3nd grade, a girl on my bus had cerebral palsy, and walked like her boots were on the wrong feet. I was fascinated!! Later on at my socially-correct aunt's house, I put my boots on backwards, bent my knees together like the girl did, and practiced walking. My auntie asked what in the world I was doing, and I quit, very embarrassed. It may be that this was the moment I swore to myself that I'd never be THAT type of a mother, auntie or gramma...and I haven't! Seeing my littles try things and join in on the experiments is the joy of my life! Thanks for putting into words what I've lived!
Once i was making pizza and saw a banana on the table and thought "why not?" and put the banana on the pizza. Result: i liked it - it gives sweetness, while the texture is mushy.
Must be age related. Talk to any mgr about their troubles with people who went thru the "don't correct kids spelling or hurt their feelings" programs. Total failure and why we don't have quality work or products.
I love this, thank you so much. This resonates very deeply for me (scientist by day/training, no kids but aspiring to become closer to the kids in and around my life.) I feel like I spend half my life coming up with then testing weird off the wall ideas, and have to pinch myself sometimes that this is for the most part what I actually get paid for. But somehow the idea of looking to kids who do this totally naturally — and even deliberately encouraging them — had never really occured to me… when combined w/ the idea from the previous post that you can actually direct kids towards the menu of stuff you, gasp!, genuinely enjoy to do with them: opens up a whole world of fun possibilities 😃
As a meager thank you, (and as a long time experimental history fan from like week 3) I humbly suggest this one as a top contender for an archives dig: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/good-conversations-have-lots-of-doorknobs
Thank you, JLG! This comment makes me so happy! And thanks also for the Experimental History post to check out. It's on my reading list! Adam Mastroianni seems like a real gem.
Thank you! Very good reminders. ❤️
Love all of this! Also, Go Rams! 🤣
This was such a fun read! As far as the boots on wrong feet go, in the 3nd grade, a girl on my bus had cerebral palsy, and walked like her boots were on the wrong feet. I was fascinated!! Later on at my socially-correct aunt's house, I put my boots on backwards, bent my knees together like the girl did, and practiced walking. My auntie asked what in the world I was doing, and I quit, very embarrassed. It may be that this was the moment I swore to myself that I'd never be THAT type of a mother, auntie or gramma...and I haven't! Seeing my littles try things and join in on the experiments is the joy of my life! Thanks for putting into words what I've lived!
Once i was making pizza and saw a banana on the table and thought "why not?" and put the banana on the pizza. Result: i liked it - it gives sweetness, while the texture is mushy.
So now i always try to put banana on my pizza.
Must be age related. Talk to any mgr about their troubles with people who went thru the "don't correct kids spelling or hurt their feelings" programs. Total failure and why we don't have quality work or products.