Catherine had been asking for her own chopsticks ever since she first saw Mommy and Daddy using them...but her lack of dexterity never seemed to deter her from trying, so hard, to eat with them.
With the use of a rubber band, any take-away sticks can easily be transformed into "training sticks".
The tremendous sense of pride and enjoyment that results from "Doing it!!!" is well worth the additional two minutes of our time.