In our house spiders are important little creatures. We catch and release here when possible. The only ones I am likely to squish would be the toxic ones, but those are so good at hiding I don't have to! :-)
The kids spotted a spider hanging out under a banister while we were out yesterday. Michael told them about Edgar- just a silly made up story. By the time he was done all the kids respected the spider and had lots of questions about it.
Very cute moments!