When do young children need rules, and when is it OK to break them? Caroline Vollans investigates
Breaking the rules is part of pushing boundaries and the child discovering who they are
Breaking the rules is part of pushing boundaries and the child discovering who they are

The pandemic has been dominated by the theme of rules. Some of us follow them to the letter. Some of us adapt them. Some of us ignore them. Most who broke the lockdown rules got away with it, others did not. This culminated in Partygate, prompting the ins and outs of rules to make the headlines for several weeks.

We all break rules. The Dalai Lama XIV said, ‘Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.’ Picasso echoed this, ‘Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.’ Rule-breaking can be seen as a positive thing, a wise judgement.

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