Kid's Don't Know When Things Break

My kids don't seem to have the understanding of the fragility of certain objects and materials. Broken toys are a very common occurrence.

Understanding how and when things break is something we have to learn. This knowledge doesn’t seem to come naturally.

Adults can fail to learn this lesson properly too though. When adults don’t know limits, we break things and even people some times. We need to know the limits of people. We need to know the limits of our influence. We need to know the limits of our strengths and weaknesses. We need to learn the limits of our given authority and roles.

Overstepping limits always breaks something. So kids have to learn when toys break, and adults have to learn when much more precious things break.