Good 🧵 @AlisonGopnik’s book is good, gardening is the best metaphor (for art and kids and life in general) A book I would add is @idler’s THE IDLE PARENT. We’ve had this on our fridge for years:

This is a great thread! I tend to think of myself as setting the stage — space, props, time — and then letting the kids do their thing (but I have a black thumb)