26/07/2025
Work in progress on the daily for me as a mom. Let the craziness shine ✨
These phrases sound small. But stacked together, they send a loud message: Stay safe. Stay clean. Stay quiet. Do it right.
And play shrinks under all that pressure.
Here’s the hard truth:
A lot of what limits children’s play has more to do with our need for control than their actual needs.
We say it’s about safety or structure. But is it really?
Or are we just uneasy with chaos, noise, and not calling the shots?
Letting go of control doesn’t mean letting go of care. It means noticing when our fear is louder than their curiosity. It means asking: Is this about the child, or about me?
