http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/resonsibility-self-respect/ Equipping Families with Practical Skills for Real Life! Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/resonsibility-self-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-9183 alyssa Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:34:57 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=2497#comment-9183 Honestly, this is a great lesson for me & something I struggle with. I have never been a well disciplined person, and tend to procrastinate everything. It is a sad thing to teach your kids & a tough habit to break! I catch myself thinking: "I can't get after them for not making their beds if mine is unmade." And, instead of making my bed, I just don't say anything to them about theirs. No, our home is not always a mess, but I do tend to do things in spurts instead of being consistent. I want better for my kids than the stress such bad habits put on me. I am also guilty of doing their work for them because it's easier for me at the moment ~ my own mom ALWAYS did this, which is probably a large part of my issues now (not to blame Mom!). She'd even come over to wash my dishes for me (the chore I hate the most) when I was first married & didn't have a dishwasher. Nowadays, my husband & children load & unload the dishwasher... I only have one bowl left & am forced to eat my breakfast from the smallest Pyrex nesting bowl. One of the many prices I pay for my own laziness! Thanks for the exhortation!! I need it! Honestly, this is a great lesson for me & something I struggle with. I have never been a well disciplined person, and tend to procrastinate everything. It is a sad thing to teach your kids & a tough habit to break! I catch myself thinking: “I can’t get after them for not making their beds if mine is unmade.” And, instead of making my bed, I just don’t say anything to them about theirs. No, our home is not always a mess, but I do tend to do things in spurts instead of being consistent. I want better for my kids than the stress such bad habits put on me. I am also guilty of doing their work for them because it’s easier for me at the moment ~ my own mom ALWAYS did this, which is probably a large part of my issues now (not to blame Mom!). She’d even come over to wash my dishes for me (the chore I hate the most) when I was first married & didn’t have a dishwasher. Nowadays, my husband & children load & unload the dishwasher… I only have one bowl left & am forced to eat my breakfast from the smallest Pyrex nesting bowl. One of the many prices I pay for my own laziness! Thanks for the exhortation!! I need it!

]]> http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/resonsibility-self-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-9174 Teaching Good Things » Blog Archive » Responsibility- Let Them Get Hungry! Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:55:27 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=2497#comment-9174 [...] light of yesterday’s post about Responsibility and not letting our children, or ourselves, make excuses that they "can’t" do what [...] [...] light of yesterday’s post about Responsibility and not letting our children, or ourselves, make excuses that they "can’t" do what [...]

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