Review: Good practical advice
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
I too faced people telling me off for getting my kids to do chores. Yet the same people often would say, kids are lazy, kids don't know how to do anything etc etc... so I ignore most of that. My own mother told me off for getting my then-6 year old to fold towels. Mom said, "I never made you do cores, you mean thing!" But that was exactly why I was doing this! My childhood bedroom was perfect because the cleaning fairy did it when I was at school. I left home and didn't know how to keep a house. I still struggle and I am 40.This book gives some great reasons to introduce your child to chores and jobs, all common sense and biblical too, with ways to make it fun, less like work or "chores" and more like learning or just helping out. I learned some extra tips too, and took some moments to make sure my kids understood my expectations, showed them again how to do a few things and did it with them.Thanks!