If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join’ Em,
Trying to wrangle a bunch of easily distracted and impulsive children across a parking lot safely should be considered an Olympic sport. They can’t help it. The outside world is full of wonders waiting for them to explore, and they’re bursting with a special kind of energy we only have faint memories of.
Unless they’re feeling sweet, they probably don’t want to hold your hand as you cross the concrete. @irish_mariah talked her littles into it by meeting them at their level. Rather than barking an authoritative “Because I said so,” she applied the same rules to herself and let them think they held the power by helping keep her in line. This white lie is actually pretty cute.