We’re Not Raising Grass

The yard is there to be played in. The bike is made to be ridden, not kept in the garage in pristine condition. Your floors will be scratched too. Food will be spilled. Messes will accumulate. Disagreements will be had. 

Good. That means your children are engaging with their world. They are stretching to find the limits of their abilities and to push past them. All of which is a great sign that you’re raising your kids instead of your stuff.

There’s a story attributed to the baseball player Harmon Killebrew about a time he was playing in the front yard with his father and his brother. His mom came out to tell them it was time for dinner and admonished them for tearing up the grass. “We’re not raising grass,” his father replied, “we’re raising boys.”