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From my own experience in my relationships with my children and their friends, I believe that basic creativity and pride in one's own work has been almost lost in some areas.

Any hands on experience in creating something gives children a sense of pride, exercise in mathmatics, logic, and analytical thinking.

I myself made the mistake of buying my youngest child so many things that I thought were "learning toys" for her own good that I totally missed imagination.

Oh sure she could read and do math way above average for her age. And before she was even school age she could run circles around most of the people I knew with a computer. However I bought her a doll once and was going to play "pretend" with her. She didn't have a clue how to use her imagination to play.

I changed that very quickly. I involved her in numerous projects I was working on and had her enrolled in art classes after school.

By the age of 9 she was helping me paint the house, do paneling and wallpaper on walls and measuring and helping me build a pergola and deck rails on our front deck. She started spending her time drawing things in perspective and creating all kind of projects on her own, including wordworking in remodeling our home.

I almost left out a very vital part of her guidence in giving her a full rounded life experience. I hope that more parents and schools will do more to have their children work with their hands and creativity.

I think this piece is very creative. It seems that you took what you needed it to do and created a piece of functional cart. Your solution to the storage was very clever. It's a nice clean looking piece but has style. WTG

Wow, The craftsmanship and details are stunning on this piece. The more you look at it the more you see how beautiful it is. I really admire Jerbo's work. I've seen a couple of others he has done and this one is one of my favorites. It would be perfect in any home.