“Haste makes waste,” basically means according to Dictionary.com “Rushing things leads to mistakes or poor results.”
Today I had an opportunity to use this adage with my five year old grandson. He was working on a Mother’s Day card which included gluing down some buttons. We talked about how we he needed to wait for the glue to dry before he wrote anything on the inside.
I explained that if he rushed to finish then his card might end up getting ruined by the wet glue. I could tell he was a little impatient, but he did wait, and was quite pleased with how his card when he was finished.
This may not come naturally to children, but it is a lesson that can be taught even at a young age.
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