Over 97% Honestly Felt They Should Work At Home

…In a survey of 250 children, over ninety-seven percent honestly felt they should work at home. Let’s teach them and give them the opportunity. Training children to work offers many rewards.

  1. For the children it adds greatly to their self-esteem and sense of belonging.
  2. They gain skills necessary for adult life,
  3. establish patterns of success that foster independence and self-reliance, and
  4. learn to work quickly and efficiently.
  5. There is a greater awareness of the value of things and
  6. more appreciation of efforts made by others.
  7. The parent is rewarded because part of the workload is lifted,
  8. the anger of feeling used is removed, and
  9. there is more time for the fun things of life.
  10. The parent feels a sense of success in preparing the child for the adult world, as the familiar phrase admonishes:

               Catch me a fish and I’ll eat today.  Teach me to fish and I’ll eat the rest of my life.


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401 Ways to Get Your Child to Work at Home

by Bonnie Runyan McCullough


I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. ~ 3 John 4

 

Dad

 

 

Maxims of Maturity 8-14

The following chart gives a brief summary of each of the building blocks, or what I call Maxims of Maturity.  As the children mature, repeat the areas each year with increasing complexity.   [This will help you to develop an overview of life skills, refresh your memory about skills you may not even be conscious of anymore, and give you some ideas about what your children need to know.]

                 Maxim Eight: Much of life involves money. Either we learn to handle it or it will handle us.

                 Maxim Nine: Each of us has only one body. We have to take care of it.

                 Maxim Ten: A brain is a valuable thing. We should aim to make it work at peak performance.

                 Maxim Eleven: If God is not at the center of our life, it will ultimately be unsatisfying.

                 Maxim Twelve: We must make lots of decisions in life. The more decisions we make, the better decision makers we will be.

                 Maxim Thirteen: All of life involves creativity. From artists to accountants, we can all develop and nourish that creativity.

                 Maxim Fourteen: Rejoice and be glad! This day is all we have.


Life Skills For Kids: Equipping Your Child For The Real World

by Christine M. Field


I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. ~ 3 John 4

 

Dad

 

 

Maxims of Maturity 1-7

The following chart gives a brief summary of each of the building blocks, or what I call Maxims of Maturity.  As the children mature, repeat the areas each year with increasing complexity.  [This will help you to develop an overview of life skills, refresh your memory about skills you may not even be conscious of anymore, and give you some ideas about what your children need to know.]

[So, how do we teach responsibility? For that matter, how do we move on from understanding what adults need to equipping our children to grow well into adulthood? The answer is that we mentor our children day-by-day in the laboratory of our homes. We take advantage of everyday teachable moments, as well as activities we purposely arrange, to provide our children with the needed knowledge.]

                  Maxim One: Responsibility begins in small things, and it should be timed well. By starting too early or too late to expect things from a child we may groom a child who can’t do anything for himself or others.

                 Maxim Two: Children must learn to get along with others and to resolve and manage conflict on their own. This starts at home with parents and siblings.

                 Maxim Three: Everyone lives somewhere. We need to take care of that place and make it a haven to nourish ourselves and others—a place to call home.

                 Maxim Four: It’s a big and sometimes uncertain world out there, and our children need to navigate it safely.

                 Maxim Five: We are given only a certain amount of time. We have to use it wisely.

                 Maxim Six: We all work and live in a physical space. We need to manage that space. Our children’s future spouse and employer will appreciate this especially.

                 Maxim Seven: Things break and need maintenance. The more we can learn to do on our own, the more self-reliant we will be.


Life Skills For Kids: Equipping Your Child For The Real World

by Christine M. Field


I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. ~ 3 John 4

 

Dad