A few weeks ago, my 4-year-old was sitting at the breakfast table with a stack of paper, a stencil, and a bunch of colored pencils when she said something that broke<\/strong> my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’d been washing dishes about five feet away, so I saw her in my peripheral vision, holding the stencil to the paper with one hand and tracing with the other hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But then she sat back and said, “I’m not a good artist.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I glanced up. The corners of her mouth pointed down, and her eyes were starting to fill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the girl who tells me every day<\/strong> that when she grows up, she’s going to be an artist during the day, then at night she’s going to be Wonder Woman and fight bad guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in that moment, I could see her confidence in her dreams slipping away<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I felt a tug in my chest. I turned off the faucet and dried my hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Settling into the chair next to her, I asked, “What makes you feel that way?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I just can’t do it right. Every time I try to draw with the stencil, it moves and messes it all up.” She hung her head, and I reached out to rub her shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ready for a solution now<\/strong>?<\/strong> Get these fun coloring posters<\/a> for your child to teach them the power of hard work and sticking with a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n