Baby is digging the soil and playing with her toy.

2 years ago
6

Ah, dirt. You hate what it means for the time you have to spend doing laundry, but your kid can’t resist touching it, jumping in it, feeling it. What gives?

When I think of kids playing in the dirt, I flash back to when we lived in the city and my older son was just a toddler. We went out for a typical urban brunch one Sunday with friends who had a child the same age. After the meal, as we walked home, the two kids managed to find a teeny patch of dirt around a tree planted between sidewalk pavers. It was the only “nature” for blocks, and the kids were drawn to it like magnets.

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