My Fair Share

“If we put the skin back then the worms can eat them and the dirt will stay damp for the plant”
“And, we ate the fruit and put the skin back on the garden, and the core we gave to the chookies [chickens]”
“And then we got the eggs from the chookies..”
“And we put their shells back in the garden too…”

I’m pretty happy with the responsibilities that come with a parent. But I try to temper that with an understanding that it could be a fine line between appreciating values and indoctrination – my values are my own, and so I do think that they should be given an opportunity to choose their own way.

So it was quite a (pleasant) surprise during the recent week where young Charlotte (5) and Tom (3) included aspects of my own values in their thinking.

The above conversation is just one example of their banter as they played imaginatively both in the garden and beyond.