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Out on an afternoon walk, a question seeped into my brain: “When I look back on how I raised my children, what will I wish I had done differently?”
Right away I knew the answer. I will wish I had let them play more.
I let them play a lot, so maybe this sounds whack. But children’s play—the full-throttle, all-out absorption unencumbered by schedule and goals—is unique to childhood. I think I will wish I had been more trusting of the learning that happens through play. I think I will wish I had relaxed more and let them just be.
How about you? What will you wish you had done differently?
This same time, years previous: adventuring, my little boy’s surgery, dunging out, and what I do all day