How are these Maya mamas raising kids who love doing chores?
Saturday mornings are torture in my house. Well, for me anyway. I don’t really clean throughout the week, because I work outside the home, have children, and a strong desire to maintain my sanity. No, that’s not a joke, I’ve tried to do all the things—working, cooking, cleaning, being a kickass mom—and it didn’t go well. It nearly broke me. I was miserable, and anxious, and angry pretty much all the time.
On Saturday morning, I drink coffee and I clean. I don’t really mind cleaning until I stumble across dirty dishes left on the coffee table, or dirty socks in the hallway. It’s those sorts of things that kill my sunshine, and before I know it, I’m practically levitating with rage. My children are four and six, but I assure you, that is not too young to pick up after themselves.
I’m not asking for much, just simple things like, picking up shoes by the front door, cleaning their rooms, and putting personal items left around the house back where they belong. What starts as a calm request ends with me yelling and threatening to remove all the joy in their lives, every Saturday.done in Mexico and Guatemala, children with indigenous heritage not only help around the house, but do so without being asked.
When you think about it, it’s actually genius. Sure, it’s takes longer, and they will likely make things more complicated in the beginning, but exercising patience in those early years will pay off ten-fold when they are older, and doing your laundry. I don’t know about you, but I sort of wish I knew about this method before my kids were old enough to know how muchsuck.
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