Most families have domestic personnel who provide them
with services such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, security, transportation,
etc. There’s a certain superiority associated with having these staff persons
around especially the popularly called ‘house help,’ which can make us
comfortable and relax to a point where we build a character of laziness and
unsuccessfulness in our children instead of raising self-sufficient children.
Here’s how to make your children work along with your domestic personnel.
You or the domestic staffs don’t have to do all the
chores in the house out of fear that the children may not do it well.
Engage your children in every activity. This is not to
say, that your domestic personnel should not do the job they are hired to do.
Rather, get your children to assist each time these staff persons are working.
For example, your children should wash their clothes
portion by portion. And then when they are done, you or the domestic staff
could do a thorough washing. Raising Self-Sufficient children comes from taking
the first precarious steps. The initial goal is not in perfection, but in
making the early effort to equip your children with the necessary tools for a
more successful life.
Your children should clean
after themselves, and take out the trash. They should take turns with the
domestic staffs sweeping the floor, cleaning the house, setting the table, clearing it and doing the
dishes.
Now when your children are very expressive and happy to
offer their little help around the house is time to raise them well so, that
they will be able to wader the storms of life with confidence when they are on
their own in future.
Get your copy of the book For Mums: Golden Guidelines
for Raising Excellent Kids by Damilola Ogunremi.
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To happier parenting,
Damilola Ogunremi
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