Being Mom 
As a society we tend to categorize children into their own sphere and embrace activities and moments that are child created and focused. Whilst these can be fun and age appropriate the deep society acceptance that children should be categorized separately from adults and have spaces where they can be kept “busy” whilst the adult are “busy” doing their “adult” life can become a dangerous one.
The reason for this being is that society was never intended to be like this. Children are created to learn from their elders and become enticed and encouraged to follow in their footsteps. When, however, we remove this natural process and bunch children in a category of their own they will inevitably begin to emulate the loudest strongest leader within their peer group.
We do acknowledge that there are times and spaces that are specifically adult focused such as a cheese and wine but one of our biggest battles as a parent in our society is to find people who see our little people as real people and not just wild things. That – when in fact spoken to properly, boundaries and expectations are set and they are instructed clearly, can embrace in real life learning moments.
When we have been able to find people who are willing to include and younger children in activities such as listening to real orchestras, capture and ringing birds out in the wild, letting them teach on something they are knowledgeable on, meet with real artists, visit a chef behind the scenes at the restaurant and such…. we are widening their concept of the real world and how they fit into it.
With this however comes a responsibility for us as parents to prepare our children to be well mannered and conduct themselves in a way that is appropriate for them to be invited and accepted into events and moments such as these.
As we rock up with our little people and show larger society that they can in fact participate in society at large we will find more and more people willing to open up and embrace our younger children into wider society at a younger age.
