Take note both women and men of the world. One of the more important tasks you have in your life is cleaning house. You may think it's unimportant, but to the contrary cleaning house is very important.
You're telling your family and your houseguests how you view the world. And, whether you recognize it or not you're being a role model for your children.
Your ability at house cleaning is an expression, often, of how you grew up. Did your mother keep a neat clean house? If so then there's a good chance that you will too. After all, we all learn from our mothers, and that includes domestic skills. If mom was house proud chances you will be too.
But some of us didn't have house proud dads or moms, and so we didn't have a role model for how to do things well, like running a household.
That was probably because mom and dad never learned the important skills of housekeeping from their parents.
Personally I involve my kids in all the household chores. They grizzle when they have to do their bit of drying dishes, vacuuming, cooking or whatever other tasks I set them to do earn their pocket money each week.
I believe that learning simple domestic skills should be a high priority for children, just as important as learning all sorts of other life skills.
Personally I believe that one of the most important things a child can learn as they grow up is to cook. Start them small and work them up to full meals so that by the time they leave home to tackle the big wide world on their own they can make a successful meal all by themselves.
I have used the skills I learned cooking that were taught to me by my parents, and I have been grateful for those skills ever since, including all of the necessary house cleaning skills.
Children emulate their parents. If you engage in regular household chores they'll assume that's normal. If you keep a clean house they'll see that and copy it. Even better, actively engage them and show them how it's all done and you're setting the groundwork in your kids for some essential life skills.
But if you keep a house that looks like a 14 year old's bedroom, if you can't cook sufficiently to invite guests for dinner, if you're embarrassed by the state of your home so that you don't even want to invite guests for dinner, then your kids will, most likely, be the same.
In this theme I've recently put together a book with all sorts of household cleaning tips and tricks. The stuff your mom or your grandmother should have taught you, but perhaps didn't.
The sorts of things that millions of women, and men, all around our country need to learn. It's easy when you know how, but if you don't then someone has to teach you.
So remember, if you're a parent. You kids learn their homemaking skills from you. Show them, including your sons, that you care. Involve them in all the household chores, including cooking and cleaning, from a young age. It may seem a drag at the time but it may be a gift from you to them that they will appreciate for decades.
If you'd like my book of 51 cleaning house tips it's at my website. - 31376
You're telling your family and your houseguests how you view the world. And, whether you recognize it or not you're being a role model for your children.
Your ability at house cleaning is an expression, often, of how you grew up. Did your mother keep a neat clean house? If so then there's a good chance that you will too. After all, we all learn from our mothers, and that includes domestic skills. If mom was house proud chances you will be too.
But some of us didn't have house proud dads or moms, and so we didn't have a role model for how to do things well, like running a household.
That was probably because mom and dad never learned the important skills of housekeeping from their parents.
Personally I involve my kids in all the household chores. They grizzle when they have to do their bit of drying dishes, vacuuming, cooking or whatever other tasks I set them to do earn their pocket money each week.
I believe that learning simple domestic skills should be a high priority for children, just as important as learning all sorts of other life skills.
Personally I believe that one of the most important things a child can learn as they grow up is to cook. Start them small and work them up to full meals so that by the time they leave home to tackle the big wide world on their own they can make a successful meal all by themselves.
I have used the skills I learned cooking that were taught to me by my parents, and I have been grateful for those skills ever since, including all of the necessary house cleaning skills.
Children emulate their parents. If you engage in regular household chores they'll assume that's normal. If you keep a clean house they'll see that and copy it. Even better, actively engage them and show them how it's all done and you're setting the groundwork in your kids for some essential life skills.
But if you keep a house that looks like a 14 year old's bedroom, if you can't cook sufficiently to invite guests for dinner, if you're embarrassed by the state of your home so that you don't even want to invite guests for dinner, then your kids will, most likely, be the same.
In this theme I've recently put together a book with all sorts of household cleaning tips and tricks. The stuff your mom or your grandmother should have taught you, but perhaps didn't.
The sorts of things that millions of women, and men, all around our country need to learn. It's easy when you know how, but if you don't then someone has to teach you.
So remember, if you're a parent. You kids learn their homemaking skills from you. Show them, including your sons, that you care. Involve them in all the household chores, including cooking and cleaning, from a young age. It may seem a drag at the time but it may be a gift from you to them that they will appreciate for decades.
If you'd like my book of 51 cleaning house tips it's at my website. - 31376
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