# @theworkspaceforchildren on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcMQPYyJBBG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69507680-theworkspaceforchildren-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5555d06707.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T18:31:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Lizzie Assa, MsED| Play and Parenting (@theworkspaceforchildren) — https://gondola.cc/theworkspaceforchildren

## Caption

There’s a phrase trending, “children are washable, embrace the mess” but it’s leaves out the part that someone still has to do the washing.. 
Not having rules and a system in place doesn’t make you the chill mom or the artsy mom, but it does probably make messy play a one hit wonder at your house. 
COMMENT SUBSTACK and I’ll send you the rules that I used at my house to sustain over a decade of creative messy play, without the side of mom burnout. 
#messyplay #childrenarewashable

## Stats

- **Views:** 20,592
- **Likes:** 190
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 8

## Tags

childrenarewashable, messyplay

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