Because you will likely be fine if you fall out

Give or take a day or two.......


It's not really related, other than it rotates.
But it made me think of this....and it is worth watching,
Unicef Play Pump:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/southernafrica904/video_index.html

edit:  2016 commentary  https://medium.com/the-development-set/the-reductive-seduction-of-other-people-s-problems-3c07b307732d#.yav4bsov0

Forts!

Habitat: "There's a birdhouse in use....so really, the shack sleeps 3 people"......relaxshacksDOTcom  


Instinct driven afternoon play
The draping of cloth
across the back of the couch
"The sheet keeps slipping!"



Architectural criticism of couch cushion forts:Because sometimes jerks are funny.
http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/04/couch-cushion-architecture-a-critical-analysis

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It's in us....ALL of us...

"From when they first begin to walk and talk and become truly cultural beings, young human children are naturally cooperative and helpful in many—though obviously not all—situations,"

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2008/november5/tanner-110508.html





Now...if only we could retain it as instinct.

The desire to engage in the support of a child very literally means the desire to support a community. Literally.  Even those "demonized" by the "civil".  For the good of the most vulnerable. 

No need to be scared about equal access to life support. 

C is for Conifers -my kind of trees.....

'I Feel Loved When' art displayed at The Gallery - Mount Shasta, CA - Mount Shasta Herald

'I Feel Loved When' art displayed at The Gallery - Mount Shasta, CA - Mount Shasta Herald

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It's all about the good bacteria!

Soap+water+friction= clean hands

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040704621.html

And don't forget to allow hands to dirty as much as possible throughout the day.
Especially with good clean soil.
It's of vital importance.
http://simplemom.net/let-your-kids-get-dirty/

Still not sold on dirt?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14761417

How books were made: Pictoral Dictionary

Pictorial Webster's: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.

Children at our feet.....

In examining the ethics of early childhood care, and encouraging adulthood success.
Taking into consideration the correlation behind early childhood bonds, and emotional success of adults.....adoption that creates such large distances between a child and their known community, which includes spirit, this distance should be treated with great awareness and care. Distance not necessarily physical.Each step of the path must be accounted for. Birth. Birthmother.

What does an intact model of "open adoption" look like? Always different, depending upon the story of the origin of life. What components are fluid? What components will always be present.

We know who we are by knowing where we have come from. We know how to address our issues, by understanding the context within which they were formed. We develop significant attachments to the circumstances of our lives. We root, so to speak, and we root fast. Separating from that which is familiar can be overwhelmingly stressful. Separating from that which is of the spirit is overwhelming for such little beings. If it is preverbal trauma, they have no language for the emotion.

How do we frame such stories, how do we tend to the spirit of the child, to the spirit of their grandfather and mother. How do we hold their story as whole, and perfect.