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My child usually colors very quickly. He often goes beyond the lines, ignores small details, and leaves blank spaces. He can color within the lines if I ask, but after a couple of objects, he reverts to quickly coloring instead of carefully. To be honest, I don’t think it’s such a big problem. He loves coloring and being creative, and I want him to enjoy it. But he tends to rush things, and I see coloring as one aspect of this. He prefers to draw 10 pictures with 3-4 objects on a page rather than one with lots of detail. He also has rather sloppy handwriting, which I think is partly due to his haste.
How do you encourage children to color within the lines, or do you generally slow down/push harder, or leave them alone?

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