The Four Stages of Mud
1) ooohh! Fun! Fantastic! Fabulous! Squishy! Slippery...
oops
2) waah...it's dirty...it's wet...gross...yuck...waah...
oh well
3) double down! take off the shoes, build mud cakes, make tracks, mucky, gooey
uh oh. time to go
4) waah...it's dirty...it's wet...waah.....
natural consequences are so nice.
it's so much harder when we want to elicit certain behavior (cleaning up, listening, transitioning from one task to another....), without resorting to bribery, yelling, endless repetition, and threats.
perhaps all that is needed is a nice walk in the mud!
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