@Driftya I neatly avoided the philosophical issue of what constitutes an object by pointing out that the act of joining things together was “crafting,” and we needed to be “cleaning”

there was probably a lesson in there on how optimizing a solution often takes more time than just finishing the problem, but there were crushed goldfish crackers to be vacuumed

@gwcoffey “I want to raise my children to be creative and independent thinkers”

*monkey’s paw curls*

(this really is brilliant and I love it)

@jhaas I’m so pleased that myself and several others in the replies all had the same thought, what a perfect game

I do have to budget for replacing all the controllers that will be destroyed in frustrated rage though

@what in this extremely rare case he was highly motivated because tomorrow this room will become new baby bunny home base, and needed to be completely clear and cleaned

but yeah no the rest of the time it’s just desperate forms of bribery with a near-0% success rate

@Daveography well it’s hot glue so it’s not working harder, more like working tackier

@viq @pthariensflame I think the direction I’m getting here is that I need to introduce him to Katamari Damacy

My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun?
Me: Yes… why?
Him: if we glue every object to another object then it’s half as many things to clean up

#ConversationsWithMyKids

@juanejot no they got it right, the bin is exactly where jelly donuts belong

@MarkHoltom