Equal Opportunity Play

Yesterday, after playing, Nathan came inside to bathe but seemed to be feeling guilty about something. (He has quite an over active guilt-o-meter and usually fesses up to the things he feels he's done wrong... including the terrible infraction of dripping water on the floor while washing his hands. I PROMISE he doesn't get in trouble for this but it worries him nonetheless.) Kevin was talking to him while he was in the tub and found out that they had been rough-housing with the boy next door. They were all laughing and playing when Kev went out to call them in so he didn't think there was an issue but wanting to make sure it was all in fun, they discussed it. Kevin made sure to impress upon Nathan that a little wrestling was okay as long as no one got hurt or felt left out or picked on because we don't want to hurt anybody or their feelings. In short, if everyone was wrestling nicely (how do you do that again???) and having fun, then okay. Well, in a distinctly "Leave it to Beaver" moment Nathan asked, "Hey Dad, we were wrestling with the boy but not the girl. Do you think she felt left out?"