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Written by Bart Buskey
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Wow, where has the time gone? I have been working all summer long
on adding onto my house that I haven't even had time to write an
article in Fatherville. What a painful process it is to add onto
ones own house. I feel like an eighty-year-old in a 35-year-old
body. They are probably doing better than I am.
I am anxious to get started again. The chat room has been taking
off and I am really enjoying our conversations. I have been
enjoying your e-mails as well. As most of you know I homeschool
my two boys. In the next couple of months, hopefully, I will
start writing articles for homeschool section. There are a couple
of other exciting things in the works I think you will enjoy.
You are working in the house or the yard and your children are playing,
fighting, and grumbling. You ask yourself, "Why don't they help
me?"
As parents, it is our responsibility to train our children to do some
work. It is our responsibility to teach them to be responsible or
learn work ethics. You are asking me, "Well how do I do
this?" I would like to give you some suggestions.
We have two dogs. One dog is named Brittany and the other one is
named Dog. I am a big John Wayne fan and my favorite movie is Big
Jake. In that movie he has a dog named Dog. Anyway my boys
have to go in the yard and pick up their waste. It is their least
favorite job. They go out there with a small grumble, and holding
their noses sometimes. Another job you could give your children,
you may have to help them on some of it, is give them the
responsibility of cleaning the dirty dishes or, as we do, the utensils.
You could teach them how to load the dishwasher as well.
It is getting to be fall and some of you may have a garden. It is
harvest time. Have them out there picking up the vegetables and
fruits. Also have them pick weeds. One thing I like to do
is make it a challenge. Whoever picks the most weeds gets to have
50 cents or a dollar. I also make them work together
sometimes.
My least favorite yard job is raking up leaves. I get my boys
outside with me and they have to help. Now their raking abilities
are not that great, but they are learning how to work.
One thing that I have been trying to teach my boys, it has been a
difficult process but there is hope, is when mom or I am working they
should ask us if we need help. This is a lesson of thinking about
others.
The last idea I would like to share, that I did with my boys is I have
been adding onto my house. I got them involved with pounding in a few
nails. I also had them do clean up by stacking small pieces of wood in
a pile and pick up trash. They are being part of the house
project and it makes them feel good.
You will get comments from them saying, "How much do I get if I do this
work?" Sometimes it is good to pay them or give them an
allowance, but it is important that they learn the concept of doing
things just because it needs to be done. It also teaches them that it
is just the right thing to do. Not everything they do needs to have
pay. I ask my boys if they have a roof over their heads and food
at the table? Of course their answer is, "Yes."
I hope this helps you. Let me know what you do to teach your
children the responsibility of working and helping others. It is
important that we teach them this. They need to know that life is
not all play and no work.
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