Image by Chiot's Run via Flickr Passover is coming and we need all the help we can get. Sometimes we forget why kids should be involved in the Passover preparations. They're learning important skills. They're learning about the holiday. Even the most resistant children want to feel needed. You'll have more time for yourself—and the kids. You won't end up in an asylum. Make a list of the jobs that need to get done. Don't forget daily jobs, like sweeping, cooking, and supervising small children. One year, my son offered to hang all the laundry in the weeks before Pesach. Break jobs down into manageable segments of about half an hour each. Then gather the family and … [Read more...]
Wikler on Cooperation
May 4, 2007 by 19 Comments
I like this article from Aish about cooperation from children because the author, Meir Wikler, expects children to help out as a matter of course. We shouldn't need to give prizes or even stickers to our children every time they help us, nor inflict a "consequence," even a "natural" one, on our flesh and blood when they fail to do as we ask.When assignments are not completed on time, or worse, not completed at all, you face a more difficult challenge. At such times you must walk a tightrope, avoiding abrasive displays of resentment, on the one hand, while steering clear of minimizing the transgression on the other.It's not easy to put this into practice; old habits like threatening and … [Read more...]
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