How Chores Prepare Children for Life

Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling

Sonya Shafer

Education, Parenting, Kids & Family, How To, Self-improvement

4.8 • 553 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Join Sonya and Karen for a conversation about how you can prepare children for adult life through chores, and what chores are appropriate for which ages. // FOLLOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplycharlottemason/ Facebook News: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyCM SCM Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1445273695729787/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/simplycm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimplyCM SCM Forum: https://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ Subscribe Listen to the audio version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-chores-prepare-children-for-life/#audio Read the blog post version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/how-chores-prepare-children-for-life/ Upcoming Events https://simplycharlottemason.com/events-speaking/ Contact Us https://simplycharlottemason.com/contact/ Tags: #CharlotteMason #homeschool

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer.
0:05.2	Charlotte Mason used a wonderful phrase when she was talking about our responsibility as parents.
0:11.9	She said that we have the responsibility to instruct our children in the art of living.
0:19.1	I love that phrase. Today we want to discuss how chores can help us
0:24.9	instruct our children in that art of living. And here to join me is my friend Karen Smith.
0:31.2	Karen, between us, we've got eight kids. Yes. And we have trained them to do lots of chores over the years.
0:38.0	Yes.
0:38.7	So first let's talk about why we should train our children in chores.
0:45.4	What are some ideas that come to mind?
0:48.1	Well, first and foremost, they help make the mess.
0:50.9	They can help clean it up.
0:52.0	It does teach them a sense of responsibility.
0:54.3	Yes. And that they are not, you know, royalty sitting in my home and I'm the servant.
1:02.0	They need to pitch in and help also. And I think part of it is that community, we work together to get things done. Yes. And along with that, I think
1:13.5	there's also a sense of contributing to the community. And that builds a sense of belonging,
1:20.5	a stronger sense of, I belong here. Yes. I'm not just, you know, beside them. I'm an integral
1:26.3	part of what they are doing here.
1:29.6	I think another reason that we trained our children in chores
1:33.6	was to try and smooth the path to adulthood in a way.
1:40.3	If you set up, well, I remember when I got married,
1:48.2	I knew how to cook two things, and that was it.
1:59.0	And so the cooking and the cleaning and the laundry, and I was working full time, and all of that stuff was a big stress.
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