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.
Your commitment to cleaning your house tells the world about you, but more important it tells your children about you as well, and you're their role model.
Often the way you clean your house is an expression of how you were brought up. Did mom keep a neat and clean house? Then there's a reasonable chance that you will too, because we learn from how mom (and dad) did things. We learn our domestic skills from them.
Although some of us had great role models for these sorts of things, some of us didn't. Not all of us had parents who taught us to run a household well.
Either because our parents didn't learn those skills from their parents, or just because they aren't practicing them.
I make sure that my kids are involved in all aspects of running the home. They complain of course, but I still have them drying dishes, vacuuming the house or cooking the meals. And they have to do the tasks to earn their pocket money.
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.
I think that one of the most important things that any child can learn is to cook, and so many kids now don't learn. Certainly you have to start them small when young, but if they do then you can have them cooking simple things quite young. And they usually love it and can progress easily to cooking full meals.
My parents taught me that and I have been eternally grateful ever since that I learned the basics of cooking by the age of 15. And I have used it almost every day since. I'm a man, but I have no trouble engaging in house cleaning and cooking and lots of other domestic skills, because I know how.
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 house so badly that you can't invite your friends to dinner because of embarrassment, then your kids will probably do the same when they grow up.
I've spent quite some time considering this. Recently I've put together a list of lots of small tips and tricks that are useful for anyone who needs to learn more about house cleaning. The sorts of things that so many of us learned from our moms, but so many didn't.
The sorts of tips that millions of people around the country should know.
So remember, if you're a parent, one of the most important things you can do for your kids is to help them learn the importance of, and skills of, housekeeping. It's your duty as a good mom or dad.
Get my book of 51 cleaning house tips at my website. - 30224
Your commitment to cleaning your house tells the world about you, but more important it tells your children about you as well, and you're their role model.
Often the way you clean your house is an expression of how you were brought up. Did mom keep a neat and clean house? Then there's a reasonable chance that you will too, because we learn from how mom (and dad) did things. We learn our domestic skills from them.
Although some of us had great role models for these sorts of things, some of us didn't. Not all of us had parents who taught us to run a household well.
Either because our parents didn't learn those skills from their parents, or just because they aren't practicing them.
I make sure that my kids are involved in all aspects of running the home. They complain of course, but I still have them drying dishes, vacuuming the house or cooking the meals. And they have to do the tasks to earn their pocket money.
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.
I think that one of the most important things that any child can learn is to cook, and so many kids now don't learn. Certainly you have to start them small when young, but if they do then you can have them cooking simple things quite young. And they usually love it and can progress easily to cooking full meals.
My parents taught me that and I have been eternally grateful ever since that I learned the basics of cooking by the age of 15. And I have used it almost every day since. I'm a man, but I have no trouble engaging in house cleaning and cooking and lots of other domestic skills, because I know how.
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 house so badly that you can't invite your friends to dinner because of embarrassment, then your kids will probably do the same when they grow up.
I've spent quite some time considering this. Recently I've put together a list of lots of small tips and tricks that are useful for anyone who needs to learn more about house cleaning. The sorts of things that so many of us learned from our moms, but so many didn't.
The sorts of tips that millions of people around the country should know.
So remember, if you're a parent, one of the most important things you can do for your kids is to help them learn the importance of, and skills of, housekeeping. It's your duty as a good mom or dad.
Get my book of 51 cleaning house tips at my website. - 30224
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