Children’s feelings matter. But always going along with what they want isn’t necessarily helping them. This is something I’ve learned during my childcare placement at preschool. One day, a child said they didn’t want to do the craft activity the educator had prepared. When I’m babysitting, I’d usually say, “Do you want to do something else?” or “How about this instead?” Offering another activity was my usual response. But the educator said, “Even if you didn’t want to do it,