When Paper Comes Home: The Quiet Life of Children’s Artworks There is a quiet ritual that repeats itself in homes with young children. A sheet of paper arrives from daycare or kindergarten, sometimes folded, sometimes smudged with colour, sometimes carrying nothing more than a single uncertain line. It is placed on a counter, admired briefly, and then confronted with a familiar question: Do we keep this, or let it go? Some parents save everything. I understand the impulse ent
