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In a message dated 2/20/2002 7:15:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


> I found it helpful when
> my kids were smaller to place things in the house so they were easier
> for them to reach -- like cups, bowls, cereal, snack etc., put a few
> of them in a lower cupboard so they don't have a hard time reaching
> them themselves. I found this a relief for me and empowering for them.

I have a teensy kitchen and no room for dishes at all in there --- they are
in a china cabinet in the so-called dining room (really just an area of the
one big room that serves as living room/family room, walkway, dining room <G>
.

I had one drawer in the kitchen with dishes for the kids - when they were too
little to easily get into the china cabinet. A couple of weeks ago I realized
that everybody's forgotten those dishes are even THERE -- its been so long
since they've been that little!!!! So I, sadly and ceremoniously, moved
those little dishes out of that drawer.

--pam


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