bethben Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My family wants to know if other families go through these stages of "development". Each of my children has done this with no knowledge of the other child doing the same. Here are the stages each of my children have gone through. There is 4 years difference between the second two and 2 1/2 years difference with the last one. She was adopted at 2 1/2 so she missed seeing the first stage. 1. The tape stage. Everything has to be taped. They go through spools and spools of tape to the point that I make them purchase their own because it gets ridiculous. 2. The string stage. They find a ball of string or yarn and everything is tied together. I come into the kitchen to find a maze of string with all the chairs tied together at some point. They have to make it so that you can't get in their room without going under string. There is string going up the stairs like a map to get out of a dark tunnel...Each child has done this. 3. The cardboard cutting stage. For some reason cardboard is so appealing and they must make something from it. My 2nd child made weapons, the next child made boxes and other contraptions, my 4th child is making giant horses. 4. Finally, the logo stage. #2 child made a logo for his name on the computer and now child #3 has done the same. For some reason, they feel the need to brand themselves. Child #4 has not gotten old enough to make herself a logo so we shall see when she turns 12 to see if that is a trend also. I had no idea that making a logo to set yourself apart from everyone else was a trend, but it has become so. It's not like these trends overlap. As in one kid does it and the next month, the next child does it. There are years between these stages for each of them. Enough time to forget about the stage. So, is this a normal family thing? Do your kids have these stages also? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My oldest has gone through all those stages, he's 9. My 7 year old has only done the tape thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 we've done all but the logo. I currently have a kid in the string stage. For the tape stage, I fill Christmas stockings with tape. My mom thought I was HORRIBLE. They loved it with a deep passion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyLiberty5013 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Oh LOL. This is my life! I just found a completely brand new and now all used up roll of tape under my sons' bunk bed. DD has Minnie Mouse hanging from four points to her doll house. When boxes come we have to have a train... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbusf Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My youngest has been through all except the logo stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Maybe it is a parenting stage..... The kid is bored and finds tape...mom allows the child to use up said roll of tape, at an attempt to get the child to entertain themselves for 5 minutes, with something the mom can justify as "sensory play". Then the kid finds string and the mom declares it "intro to physics day" so the child will once again, do something other than say "Im bored" twenty times a day. Boxes...that is the mom's own nostalgia and she declares it "spacial awareness, creative play and sensory play all in one. And BONUS engineering !! (trains and mechanical!! LOL)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodiesmom Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My two boys went through every single stage, including the logo one- too funny! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) My kids are simultaneously in stages 1-3. Oldest never went through any of them though, now that you mention it. I currently buy tape in bulk. A friend of mine came over a few weeks ago and I heard her telling her daughters (ages 5 & 7) "I will stop and buy you some tape on the way home!" I handed them each a roll of Scotch Tape and you would've thought I gave them a million dollars. So yes. Definitely have seen this! I guess I can look forward to the logo stage. Edited June 21, 2017 by texasmom33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 The band-aid stage. The somersault instead of walk stage. The walking backward stage. The baby voice stage (worrrrrrst!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I can't stand the sound of cardboard. So they have to stab boxes on the porch 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My kids all started stages 1 through 3 around age 3 and none havr stopped yet, Oldest is 8. No logo though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooCow Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1-3 here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Can we add a stage, or is this just my teen? Drawing incredibly intricate art designs on one's hands with a Sharpie while sitting listening to classes, be they in person or online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My boys have definitely done the tape, string, and box phases - but they are pretty much still in the tape & box phase, especially ds#2. (He was making a go cart model from a cardboard box, aluminum cans, and bits & pieces in our garage. If the zombies come, I want this kid on my side. He makes the craziest things.) DD#1 does the marker-on-self thing. But, she's also done the color-your-hair-with-markers thing. Yes, that's my high schooler. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 I thought this was just my family! So, it's a normal kid thing?!?! This just strikes me as odd overall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsrmyjoy Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 We're in the tape stage right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Little girls loooooooove pretty washi tape. Any my ds looooooooooved his duck tape. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 It is like you are living in my house! Yep two oldest went through all of those stages and my younger ones are cruising right along through them as well. That is too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nope, none of those so far, but I could see #4 happening here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) Yep. All of them. And don't forget the Rube Goldberg stage. Not sure that ever ended. There have also been long facepaint stages [shudder] which led to special effect stages. We are currently in a film everything, cosplay stage. Building with those foam floor mats is The Thing now. (Save me, someone.) Edited June 21, 2017 by Spryte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Oh man we have been through the tape stage. My oldest seems to be the only one that goes through odd phases though. My second only goes through norma l things like cars, trains, dinos whatever. My oldest does and always has done odd things. Like he really has never played with toys much. He just likes to play with stuff. Ds 2 loves his toys. dd seems to be more like my oldest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 What about the stage where they pretend to be animals, in particular dogs (or cats), and crawl around all over the house until the skin is literally worn off their knees? Two of mine stayed in this stage for way too long. You would think the painful knees would have deterred them, but no. The tape stage is one of my favorites; for a cheap price, they can get hours of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 We've done all four of them. The first three have been ongoing for the past couple of years, they got their own rolls of duct tape for Christmas and I keep a dozen refill rolls of scotch tape around. The box/cardboard part is limited to when we have boxes in the house but they will settle for tissue boxes if necessary. The logo has been around for a while and changes periodically. Dd like to make them self-portraits or furry animals, while ds does squids (his self-given nickname is Squidy), or an anthropomorphic ice cream cone that he writes comic strips about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 The only one I can say one of my kids went through was the tape stage - and that was only if he couldn't find a Band-Aid. Seriously. There's a song called "I Think I Need a Band-Aid" by the singing duo Trout Fishing in America (yes, that's what they call themselves) and it SO applies to my son for a couple of years of his life! If he couldn't find a Band-Aid for whatver minor cut was on his finger, he'd get a piece of toilet paper, or Kleenex, wrap it around the appendage (usually always his finger) and fasten it with Scotch tape! And making up super heroes to tell me about it! There was a period of about a year where I think he made up a new one every other day or so. Wish I'd written those down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nope. DS never went through anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My kids are weird, but they have done things similar to those, only worse. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I was going to say that we have only had the tape phase (there is never any tape around here!), and that one child had the string phase. He used to tie miscellaneous things behind his bike and pull them along. But today two of my kids walked through the room and said something about the logos they made this morning. And then they made multiple copies and put them at everyone's place at the table. :laugh: One of them also needed tape today for whatever they are up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 My kids have also gone through the acting out favorite movies stage (the original Beauty and the Beast was re-enacted many times when they were younger). And the making a book stage, where they staple two dozen pieces of paper together, then only write on the first few pages, wasting all of the rest. One of my kids was more prolific, though, and we have a stack of stories and comic books that he made a few years back. I remember going through this phase myself when I was a child. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolC Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Both of my kids are in stages 1-3 at the same time! You can imagine what my house looks like.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender's green Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 All my kids are in all of those stages right now. Except the logo one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 And the making a book stage, where they staple two dozen pieces of paper together, then only write on the first few pages, wasting all of the rest. One of my kids was more prolific, though, and we have a stack of stories and comic books that he made a few years back. I remember going through this phase myself when I was a child. With a name like "Storygirl," I'm not surprised! :lol: And yes, my kids do the staple-lots-of-pages-together stage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 What about the stage where they pretend to be animals, in particular dogs (or cats), and crawl around all over the house until the skin is literally worn off their knees? Two of mine stayed in this stage for way too long. You would think the painful knees would have deterred them, but no. The tape stage is one of my favorites; for a cheap price, they can get hours of fun. Oh this was so my oldest when she was younger!!!! When she was 7 I got called to the school for a meeting with her teacher because she was pretending to be a cat during circle time or whatever they called it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Yes to tape stage, string stage, cardboard stage and bandaid stage. Adding Rubber Band Stage and toilet paper stage. They toilet paper to make Kelly doll dresses, pillows, blankets, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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