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I've been struggling to find my place (role?) in my 2.5 year-old's art journey. I've already written about how I have a bit of visual art-o-phobia. I've been doing some thinking and came up with some questions.

Do you do art WITH your child? If your child is say, painting, do you paint with him/her? Or do you sit and watch? Or do something unrelated nearby, but check in often (i.e. fold laundry)?

I know this is prob… Continue

I have art-o-phobia. I should say, I have visual art-o-phobia, because I love to play and create music. But visual art? My chest gets a little tight, I get all these feelings about right and wrong, good and bad, and my perfectionism just rears its very ugly head.

A lot of times I ask Chad to lead the art activities with Silas. I get caught up in hording/rationing materials, cleaning up messes, and generally getting in the way of the process of the experience, which is what it's al… Continue

So, I was a little nervous about using this feature, because as a noob, I'm a little embarrassed to be exposing myself to the more experienced folks here. But I'm getting over it. ;)

I'm reading the book Connection Parenting: Parenting through Connection instead of Coercion, Through Love instead of Fear by Pam Leo. It's one of those book with… Continue