Comments on: Comfort Breeds Complacent People http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/comfort-breeds-complacent-people/ Equipping Families with Practical Skills for Real Life! Mon, 21 May 2012 12:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jill http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/comfort-breeds-complacent-people/comment-page-1/#comment-12589 Jill Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:53:31 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5640#comment-12589 I adore your site! Please continue sharing. I have six kids under 9 and we have had so much fun weeding the garden on Monday mornings. I try to have a couple fun stories in my head to tell them while we weed and harvest. They look forward to the work and we are together! You are doing such an important work! I adore your site! Please continue sharing. I have six kids under 9 and we have had so much fun weeding the garden on Monday mornings. I try to have a couple fun stories in my head to tell them while we weed and harvest. They look forward to the work and we are together!

You are doing such an important work!

]]> By: RG http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/comfort-breeds-complacent-people/comment-page-1/#comment-12567 RG Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:18:37 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5640#comment-12567 Whoo Hoo! Could you include some ideas in your post for little girlies and little men too? We newer parents sometimes have trouble navigating what our children are capable of doing, how to still give them their childhood while teaching them to be hard workers, and what is appropriate at their ages by something other than the world's current standards (i.e. only being required to make their own bed every day by age 10? Are you kidding me? Isn't that setting the bar a bit low?) Whoo Hoo! Could you include some ideas in your post for little girlies and little men too? We newer parents sometimes have trouble navigating what our children are capable of doing, how to still give them their childhood while teaching them to be hard workers, and what is appropriate at their ages by something other than the world’s current standards (i.e. only being required to make their own bed every day by age 10? Are you kidding me? Isn’t that setting the bar a bit low?)

]]> By: Mrs.Pear http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/comfort-breeds-complacent-people/comment-page-1/#comment-12566 Mrs.Pear Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:08:43 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5640#comment-12566 Agree! When we moved from Southern CA to the pacific northwest we took almost 2 months off school to get organized, sell the old house, get up here and get settled in our rental. Our oldest just turned 5, but she was bound and determined to help, so we found ways to make that happen, even though it was not always helpful! So now we are using July to finish off our preschool studies. (Yes, we did preschool, she was asking to learn to read and do numbers so that she could read the Bible and recipes). We will start Kindergarten in August so we can again take time off when we move again next spring into our own home. But after the 30-45 minutes of school our oldest is learning jobs around the house and our youngest at 22 months is learning to put toys away and follow basic directions. Today they are helping me set up the sewing room. Agree!

When we moved from Southern CA to the pacific northwest we took almost 2 months off school to get organized, sell the old house, get up here and get settled in our rental. Our oldest just turned 5, but she was bound and determined to help, so we found ways to make that happen, even though it was not always helpful!

So now we are using July to finish off our preschool studies. (Yes, we did preschool, she was asking to learn to read and do numbers so that she could read the Bible and recipes). We will start Kindergarten in August so we can again take time off when we move again next spring into our own home.

But after the 30-45 minutes of school our oldest is learning jobs around the house and our youngest at 22 months is learning to put toys away and follow basic directions. Today they are helping me set up the sewing room.

]]> By: Kathy http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/comfort-breeds-complacent-people/comment-page-1/#comment-12557 Kathy Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:05:04 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5640#comment-12557 Thanks Sharon, Tomorrow I will post about some practical ways to carry this out. Blessings, Kathy Thanks Sharon,

Tomorrow I will post about some practical ways to carry this out.

Blessings,
Kathy

]]> By: Sharon http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/comfort-breeds-complacent-people/comment-page-1/#comment-12556 Sharon Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:59:05 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=5640#comment-12556 Hey there.:) I left you a message on facebook. This is exactly what I am trying to do but not sure how to do it.:) Thanks for the encouragement.:) Sharon:) Hey there.:) I left you a message on facebook. This is exactly what I am trying to do but not sure how to do it.:) Thanks for the encouragement.:)
Sharon:)

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