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[quote=Anonymous]DS is in second grade. For a school project he spent the past two weekends making a musical instrument by himself from materials we have around the house. Coming across Facebook now are the pictures of the other instruments kids are bringing in. A few are like DS's (e.g., paper plate tambourines, formula can drums, beans-in-a-bottle shaker, etc.) but the rest...A carved wooden lap harp. A woven bamboo pan flute. A large four piece metal percussion set. They are beautiful. They are perfect. They were not done by a second grader.

I will take my cues form him of course, but I am worried he will be discouraged that the other instruments are "better". I want to let him know that I am proud and his is special because he made it by himself. Is it bad to acknowledge that the other kids got help from an adult?  "Yours is fantastic and extra special because you made it by yourself. Larlo and Larla's are also really great, but I think they probably got a lot of help from their parents." I feel like it is a put down to the other kids' projects to say that, but maybe that's just my own feelings about parents doing kids' work for them.

Our school is actually a really friendly, low key place. My guess is that these parents weren't being crazy competitive but just got caught up in the fun of making something like this with their kid and took over more than they realized. But I don't want DS to be left with the misimpression that he didn't work hard enough. He did great. How do other parents address this situation with their kids?[/quote]

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