Robson FletcherMy kid is 1½ and when he's eating a banana and part of the banana breaks off he frantically tries to reattach the broken piece and becomes inconsolable when he realizes the damage can't be undone. He does not eat the piece of banana that has broken off. He mourns it.
PBernhardt@robsonfletcher My almost 2yo did the same with crackers this weekend. He wanted daddy to tape them back together like I have for pop up books. He tried to fix it himself, but kept breaking it further, and was inconsolable. I feel like there is a metaphor in there.