My kids are teenagers now, and when I look back, the times they were their most engaged, authentic, independent, creative selves are when they didn’t have to follow step by step instructions. (COMMENT BELOW FOR exactly what to put out, by age, toddlers through teens) Instead, they learned how to make their own rules and they built a whole lot of self trust along the way. It wasn’t always neat. It definitely wasn’t always pretty. And I wouldn’t change a thing. #independentplay #processart