>>Yes, I’m a dad, and I often come up with clever “teaching moments” which invariably lead to the equivalent of me having to pick up all the boards and put them away.<<
I do that too!
And shake my head. But not as back as the day I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to let my girls take all the packing popcorn out of a BIG box and play with it outside.
Three, maybe four hours to clean it up! Geez. Sometimes I know I’m Polish.
I did that with my granddaughter, only I didn’t go outside. My husband was disgusted but we had fun! It took a while to clean up.