My son Frederick has a line of "Pollan Paintings" at the Ethicurean and a food safety related painting posted here in honor of the Nebraska Beef E. coli scandal. People have requested more and I would love to provide some.
The problem is that Frederick is six and focused. If he's into something, he's really into it. If it's painting, he'll bust out several in a day, some relevant to food, some not. If it's math, the first question out of his mouth in the morning may be "Mama, tell me some plusses." He's been in a math phase for about two months now. It looked like he was headed out of it because he got focused on board games the other day. But then in the middle of a board game, I illustrated some math issue from the game on his white board. As I said to him, "Let me show you how to do the calculation...," he whipped his head around and became obsessed with the calculation.
I am as ready for the newest craft phase as anybody. As his math teacher, I'm actually getting a bit worn out by math obsessions. It's great, but it's been two months. "How did this child become so obsessive?" I ask. Others in this household laugh at the question because apparently he got it honestly enough. I can't imagine what they mean by that.
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