Perfect

My 4 year old daughter is already showing pseudo-OCD tendacies (blankets need to be perfect in bed, crayons lined up when coloring, no kissing when someone is sick). She is a rule follower more then OCD but I'm sure part of her behavior is most likely a result of how me and her mother run our household in regards to cleanliness, order and structure.

There was a period of about 2 - 3 weeks where she was obsessed with having the bed (a shoe box) for her stuffed animal guinea pig (aka Mini) set up "perfect". Sometimes the little napkins wouldn't sit right or the mini toys weren't staying where they were supposed to and it would bring her to high levels of frustation and even tears.

What's beautiful about children (and especially my daughter) is that we are able to teach them and help form their thinking, and generally they accept that. Case in point, now when we say something is "perfect", regarless of the context we are speaking, she corrects us and says, "Nothing is perfect, just try your best."

Wise kid eh? I think she IS perfect.