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In reply to the discussion: 5 year old's touch sends on-loan sculpture crashing to floor. Kansas City bills parents 132K [View all]pnwmom
(109,049 posts)the things that can be safely touched -- are not obvious to a child.
And what is "art" and what is a big toy isn't necessarily obvious to a child.
Here is a typical community center. Look at all the things that can be touched. Chairs, tables, foos ball tables, a pool table, exercise equipment, doors, floors, and other surfaces.
From a young child's perspective, the rules on what can and can't be touched seem arbitrary and sometimes surprising -- especially because their developmental stage means that they LEARN through touching. Their brains drive them to touch. It takes years for most children to learn the adult rules on touching.
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