In our house, if there is a difficult decision to be made, such as where to hang a picture or what colour to order an item in, that decision is made by our fae. Seriously: I am hopeless and can vacillate for hours (or, in some cases, years) of making a choice (I still haven’t worked out what I want to do with my life). My husband is sometimes better than me at it.. but not always. Our daughter, however, has, at the age of 5, more sense of direction and purpose than I have ever felt. She seems to know exactly what she wants, and how to get it. She will happily lead a group of adults on a walk, regardless of whether or not she has ever been on the trail before. So, it seems to make sense that all decision making is delegated to her.
On the other hand, she is herself exceptional at delegation, frequently getting others to do things for her. Our house is covered in Hama/fuse bead models (if you don’t know what these are, I envy you, but see picture below). These are made by tediously and monotonously placing small pieces of plastic onto a board as per the design. Then (in the case of hama beads) you iron them so they melt and form a cohesive picture; or (in the case of fuse beads) spray liberally with water until the PVA hydrates and glues them to each other, also forming the picture. I bought them for her, as improving her fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination was something that was indicated on her school report as a target.
Our house is full of these things now. I have had to buy repeated refills of both sets of beads. To my knowledge, she has yet to make one. She will choose a design and then (somehow) convince a nearby adult to lay it out for her while she supervises and occasionally mixes the bead colours up. Then, she will happily do the spraying down, or trail like a duckling as you iron the sodding thing. I am now an expert in making both type of designs…..
She has only a passing association with language, but her “sad puppy” face is second to none. My husband has suggested she is placing them on every door handle she can find in an effort to prevent me from walking into them. I would take offense, except it seems to be working.
The same thing happened last Christmas, where she managed to even rope the cleaners into making paper chain decorations with/for her. I truly believe that when it came to delegation she got someone else to write the book.
Raising the Modern Fae 