My son taught me a very important lesson this week. He was playing with his toys the way 2-year olds do, pushing and pulling things that aren't meant to be pushed and pulled, mashing every button out of order and generally using them in ways not originally intended. There was nothing wrong with the way he was playing, he wasn't sticking things in light sockets or trying to eat them, but I found myself saying “that's not how you play with these toys,” and trying to correct him. As an experienced toy-player myself I was calling his approach wrong because it didn't fit into my experience.
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