Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Another look at Glitter

Dear parents,

Tom Coffee, father, humorist and blog author at SpilledCoffee.com offered his take on pre-school art projects in a recent post.  Addressed to caregivers in general (kudos for not referring to this profession as babysitters) and their often over-liberal use of glitter, almost to the point of calling these tiny artists pint-sized glitterati, his post suggested that we either back-off or better yet, stop with the use of these colorful metallic shreds.

To this, I offer your caregiver and Mr. Coffee several insights on what exactly this "overuse" of glitter offers.

Memories

There will be a time in the near future, when that precious cherub of yours will be in their teens, exhibiting typical or atypical teen-type behavior.

It is then, at the most unexpected turn, you will find some piece of this pre-school glitter, tucked under a sofa cushion, at the bottom of a closet, or attached to a piece of clothing you haul from the back of your dresser where you unwittingly stored some father' day project for safe keeping.

Your breath will hitch and a tear will form at the corner of your eye.

And you will wish you had found a display case to store those early-year treasures.  And then you will think of me.

Career advancement

Those bright shiny objects teaches your child to see all of the distractions that adult life presents to us each day.  We face our own glitter problems each day as we trudge off to work, hoping to draw attention to our work in the hopes of advancement.  These pre-school art projects will be training for those days ahead when we will wish we could smear a report with glitter and glue in the dire hope that we get noticed among the masses.

Messages from our planet to...

It may also be training for that day when your child rebels and decides to go into a career of car upholstery, serving the masses of people who wish to trick out their autos even if they can no longer afford to drive them.

Imagine how they will shine from outer space when we (them) turn our (their) cameras on the earth from some far off distant planet.

Enjoy the glitter while you have the chance.  And really, you have to admit that the dog probably needed the highlights!

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