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Good advice from a magazine or newsletter.

12:33, February 6, 2008 .. Posted in Raising Kids .. 1 comments .. Link

I had received a newsletter or something ... maybe a magazine? Where I read something for burnt out homeschool mothers that REALLY has been my conviction recently.

"Why are you still doing the work you should be training your children to do?"

hmmmm very true. It is just sometimes sooo much easier to just do things yourself... but then the little things add up, with your big jobs and you feel burnt out.

I thought, yeah that is so true. And this week while I have been doing my daily things I will find myself putting away the dishwasher things and thinking... "why am I still doing the things I should be training my children to do?"

It is really in my head and heart.

So this morning I made sure when doing my laundry to pile up the dishcloths, washrags, small towels and kids pants for Alyssa. And I called her in and I folded my pile while she folded hers. It took a little bit of time to pull out hers but I started her again (taught her when she was 3 but it fell aside as a chore of hers) to do her part in the laundry.

I have been having thoughts of little jobs the kids can do popping into my head all week long.

Like I can have Alyssa make piles of dark and light clothes for me. Teaching her a skill and saving a tiny bit of time for me. It is not all about saving me time but about teaching her the skills.

And really when I am unloading a dishwasher and Tristan puts away the silverware. It might only save me a moment but in the long run all those little moments add up.

I just thought I would share. It has been on my heart for my own personal conviction this week and I am really thinking God is trying to tell it to me. Because of how often it is on my mind.
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Amen!

12:54, February 6, 2008 .. Posted by robertsroost
I have 4 children 16, 11, 2 1/2 and 7wks. The older children have "chores" - basically keeping their rooms/bathroom clean and my dd16 does the dishes (when I remind her!)

My husband reminds me that I need to have them help out more around the house and I guess I've been believing that they wouldn't do it as good as I would - the result is that very little gets done.

Thank you for the reminder that even my DD2 can do small chores and for sure, DD16 and DDS11 can pick up and do more 'round here!

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