To learn one must have a level of “teachability”.
It is difficult when one has a strong creative bent that can not really be fleshed out within constraints of the assignment.

This week one of the major players in RLC struggled with creativity, teachability and flexibility. The mother of the major player tried to communicate a way ahead with the menu idea of ‘broth and noodles’ with the suggestion of using chicken wings to be the flavour base. Not appreciated…
Many publicly viewed negotiations ensued and in the end, the other major player ran with RLC of the day–using chicken wings as his menu base.
Spicy chicken wings with (a sweet compromise to please other child)  thick noodles ($2).
The 1kg of wings ($4.60) were doused with sweet chilli sauce, mirin, lime juice and coriander–all pantry and fridge staples and all of $1.50 at most.
They were sticky, sweet, spicy, juicy and devoured by all players.
And one major player wanted more.
And he realized there were things to learn and to be teachable.
And his mother realized that learning can also come by being allowed to  be creative and maybe make mistakes, and not herself get in a flap about it.