One of the greatest things we can do is teach our children the joy of honest labor. They will learn this best working together as a family on projects that improve your home, serve others, and create works of beauty.
Family Work Part 2: Whining and Complaining
Have any of the following ever happened in your family? When the mention of work or chores is made kids break out in whining, tears, back talk, or stomping their feet throwing a fit. Some even run and hide. No? It never happens to you? Well. Maybe you should be the one writing this series […]
Family Work Part 1
Some of the best memories I have are those that involve working with my family both growing up and now with my own children. It is a bonding time where singing or whistling occurs between storytelling, teasing, and yes, sometimes, even quarreling. We are together working side-by-side or at least in close proximity to each […]
Working Together As A Family
There’s a joke we like to tell in our family about my nephew. When he was about 5 years old his mom asked him to do some chore and, of course, he complained. Someone asked him if there was anything he disliked more than doing chores. My nephew answered, “Yes . . .jobs!” Jobs were […]
The Joys of Motherhood – Our Daily Chores: Gifts from God
As mothers, our work is not washing diapers and mending holes in jeans—that is what we spend much of our time doing, but it is not our work. Our work is rearing children; but it is much more than that, for we rear our children to fulfill their potential. We might have dreams of their […]
Age Appropriate Chores/Skills
Think of some famous musician, sports player, or artist. How did they acquire the skills they have? Chances are for most of them it took work, lots and lots of dedicated work, learned sequentially and methodically, to achieve the level they are at now. The same lesson applies to us and to our children. Any […]
Family Work
There’s a joke we like to tell in our family about my nephew. When he was about 5 years old his mom asked him to do some chore and, of course, he complained. Someone asked him if there was anything he disliked more than doing chores. My nephew answered, “Yes . . .jobs!” Jobs were […]
Wordfull Wednesday: Work
“Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go…” For some, work is a drudgery, something that has to be done, plowed through at the quickest rate possible so one can get to the fun. Others view work to the extreme never taking a break to rest or relax, viewing fun as a waste […]
Luck vs. Work FHE
To go along with St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday here’s a fun lesson by Jody M. from my FHE Swap group. It helps family members see that work directly affects how much “luck” you may or may not have. For some reason the lessons are printing really big, cutting some of the images off. The […]