tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post6299998317084487535..comments2024-03-28T14:54:43.134-04:00Comments on Craft Knife: To Do with my Kidsjuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-22343850359739724352008-11-12T07:44:00.000-05:002008-11-12T07:44:00.000-05:00Aww, you guys are too sweet--if I can talk my way ...Aww, you guys are too sweet--if I can talk my way out of trouble for letting my kid climb 60 feet up into an old pine tree, I should totally try talking my way out of MATT'S next speeding ticket!<BR/><BR/>Ooh, and about the playsilks--I just learned about this kind of silk called peace silk. It's made out of cocoons left by silkworms who exit them naturally. They pay otherwise unemployed woman to scoop them up off of the forest floor, apparently?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-42411200409460482232008-11-11T14:38:00.000-05:002008-11-11T14:38:00.000-05:00that is beautiful. lucky kids.that is beautiful. lucky kids.Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520357124259599970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-65734825208138715502008-11-10T10:04:00.000-05:002008-11-10T10:04:00.000-05:00That's beautiful. Your children are so lucky to ha...That's beautiful. Your children are so lucky to have you as a mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-27646664211621816242008-11-07T16:39:00.000-05:002008-11-07T16:39:00.000-05:00I know, I know. But the kid loves to climb; it's b...I know, I know. But the kid loves to climb; it's beautiful to watch her.<BR/><BR/>I have my own unique perspective on allowing my kids to take risks, too. I taught the girls the important rules about climbing trees--stay close to the trunk, don't put your weight on wobbly branches, always make sure you've got a stable hand- or foothold before you reach for another branch. I feel much better about teaching my girl how to do what she wants to do than I feel when I watch some other moms gathered around the climbing tree, shouting at their kids, "That's high enough! That's too dangerous! You're too high! Come down!" with that fear in their voices--instead of teaching their kids how to meet challenges and be brave doing so, or teaching kids to trust their bodies and to capably judge their own level of safety, it feels to me like they're teaching them to fear challenges, or teaching them an authority-driven knowledge of what their little bodies are capable of. How will the kids know later what an acceptable level of risk is? Will they really rely on what their parents told them? How will they know all that their beautiful, strong bodies can do?<BR/><BR/>And yeah, my heart inside my chest totally has a coronary. But Will's heart? It soars.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-65699211562643606972008-11-07T12:58:00.000-05:002008-11-07T12:58:00.000-05:00You are so totally crafty...and I can't believe yo...You are so totally crafty...and I can't believe your daughter is that high up a tree. I'd probably have a coronary if that were my child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-2745245096814319842008-11-06T15:37:00.000-05:002008-11-06T15:37:00.000-05:00OMG - Willow has no fear. That's pretty awesome.I...OMG - Willow has no fear. That's pretty awesome.<BR/><BR/>I love the doll diapers. I have a good idea, you make some cloth diapers for babydolls to sell at the shop. Might be a hot xmas item? hmm....Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520357124259599970noreply@blogger.com