How to Be Responsible - HOW TO TEACH RESPONSIBILITY

Assign chores. 

BIBLE PRINCIPLE:"There is benefit in every kind of hard work." - PROVERBS 14:23.

Young children are eager to work alongside their parents. You can take advantage of this natural inclination by assigning your children chores around the house.

 Some parents are reluctant to do that.  They reason that their school-age children face a mountain of homework each day, so why add to their burden?

However, children who do chores are more likely to succeed at school, since chores teach them to  accept assignments and complete task. Besides, notes the book Parenting Without Borders,  "when we ignore our children's eagerness to participate when they are younger, they internalize the idea  that contributing is unimportant , , , They also begin  to expect that things will be done for them."

As that quote indicates, doing chores trains children to be contributors rather than consumers, givers rather than takers. Chores help children realize that hey have a valued place in the family-and a responsibility toward it.

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