Balance in the home systems

Young Persons Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

You create balance in the home systems when you engage everyone to make a contribution.

When you begin each day with the thought that everyone is a contributor, you remove the pressure from yourself.

You open yourself to practical ideas.

You may create a list of chores which you post in the kitchen for each person to check off.

You may have a morning gathering on the weekends and assign chores.

You may have a daily and weekly routine which everyone follows.

The balance is also created by family read-aloud time, family game night, and family movie night.

Having regular time to enjoy each other’s company is important for the balance in your home.

It is good to have resources for your children which they can access on their own.

I had a box of art supplies in a low kitchen cabinet for my children to use while I was teaching music lessons.

Part of the balance is returning unused supplies to the box.

As soon as children learn to read, they can read to themselves from the bookshelf in their room.

They can play outside where you can see them.

You can take them to the park along with something you like to do while they play.

They can help you in the kitchen as you prepare meals, setting the table, and later, clearing the table.

They can help you prepare their snacks.

A schedule is helpful while you have young children at home.

You can introduce puzzle time, block time, art time, reading time, even with picture books at first.

This gives you time to do what you need in small steps.

It teaches your children self-sufficiency.

They do not get overstimulated with media.

Take the steps to teach your children what to do and they will grow in self-sufficiency.

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