While some children would whine plus complain at the mere thought of learning a new chore, my youngsters are better natured than I could ever expect them to be.
My oldest understands that his parents need help from time to time with things that are commonly reserved to adults, whether it’s making sure the younger siblings get to the school bus in the afternoon, or calling the pharmacy while we’re at work to make sure their medicine is ready for pickup later in the evening. And it’s not savor our oldest has to do it alone, because I taught the younger siblings to do multiple of the chores that their older brother used to do alone when he was their age. Even if a single of them doesn’t love doing a particular chore, it’s important for them all to learn each chore at some point in time as they’ll a single day be on their own plus won’t be able to afford a cleaning guy or nanny for their children at the snap of a finger. One chore that I’m proud of them all for recently learning is replacing the filter for the central Heating & Air Conditioning system. Typically my spouse or I would replace the cooling system filters but quickly realized that our children should assume how to do this as well. What if every one of us need them to change the cooling system filter while we’re gone, or what will they do when they eventually move out? I want our youngsters to be as self-sufficient as possible, as long as every one of us don’t go overboard plus try to steal their joy of being children away from them to get them to do numerous chores around the condo that bore them to tears.