Hi Anastasia,

Maybe it's because children don't have judgements of what is right and wrong until we teach them, so they don't have any resistance to mistakes. While reading your post I see my brothers baby girl happily pouring an entire bottle of water on the floor and laughing about it. Fortunately she is not being restricted here. But I also see when her movements are limited and constricted when the people who looks after are being over protective. And she basically imitates those around her. So if she sees her parents panicking when she falls down, sure enough she will also panic and cry. But if she is given a safe space to make mistakes, then there is more playfullness and resilience.

Synchronistically enough I had stepped on to a path yesterday which turned out to be a 'mistake'. It probably came from a sense of lack. And funnily enough I lost whatever little I had. But that step brought some judgements and guilt to the surface and I'm still processing those. From a self realization perspective it's not a mistake at all. But that's not how I'm taught to see it.

Vimal