Since I've allowed my child access to coloring books I clearly have no ability to judge her creativity? Seriously?
The way this space-time thingy works is that it goes in one direction only. You can't observe your daughter doing freeform art during the time she's coloring, and you can't observe what she would have been like if she hadn't colored at all.
I love your assumptions that since my child has actually used a coloring book or page that she is only allowed such activities for her creativity.
I don't think we're on the same page.
I am an artist and have degrees in art.
Wow! You win!
My DD has been writing and drawing way before she turned 1 and way before she was interested in coloring. I have seen no decline in her creativity, just an advancement of her skills.
Did I suggest that use of coloring books would bring development to a screeching halt?
