Right, but there's quite a few things that he'd do all day if I let him... and I often let him!
At some point I have to exercise some guidance, I think, or he'd just stick with one thing kinda forever. Also, at his age, I'm in pretty much total contole over what he's introduced to. So I have to take responsibility for deciding what to introduce him to, I think.
Today he made jazz hands with everyone who would do it at the play center... for an hour! When no-one else would do it any longer, he spent the next hour putting balls into a ball run. Then we left. The first was limited by people's patience, the second was limited by the lenght of the programme. The computer has no natural limit.
I'm going to be fighting with the "how much guidance" issue forever, I think. Mostly, if he's having fun I figure it must be good, and most things have natural limits. But I still feel like it's important to have some kind of philosophy about what's to be encouraged, what's to be discouraged, and what's inbetween.
(much enjoying this discussion... I need the imput & sounding board on it!)
