Wonderful Opportunities for Raising Responsible Kids

This contest is closed. The winner of the book was Christine Rockwell. Congratulations Christine!

Opportunity is missed by most of us because it is dressed in coveralls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison

Our homeschool group invited Debbie Bowen to speak at one of our sharing nights for Mom's several months ago. She wrote a book called W.O.R.K., Wonderful Opportunities for Raising Responsible Kids. I made sure I went because teaching my kids to work around the house has been one of my big projects these last two years. It took about a year to really get into the swing of things and I learned a lot along the way, a lot of things I would have already known if I had just read Debbie's book first!!!

To save yourself the trouble of figuring it out the hard way like I did, pick up a copy of Debbie's book right now. Immediately! I wrote a few articles on the subject but her book goes more in depth and answers a lot of questions you might have as you go along.

Debbie is the Mother of ten so she has many years of experience in teaching children. She understands that it takes a family, not just a Mother, to run a household.

As the parent, you are not a soloist but rather the conductor of your own home
orchestra. You need not, in fact, you should not try to do all the work
yourself.

No matter what ages your children are it's never too late, or too early, to start teaching them capability, dependability, and responsibility and Debbie can show you where to start. She says delegation is the key to your sanity and she will lead you step by step through the process.

If you aren't already teaching your children to work you probably have many excuses including,

• I can do it faster myself.


• If I want it done right I have to do it myself.


• I find the work enjoyable.


• I'm a creature of habit.


• I'm not organized enough.


• I feel sorry for them.


• My children aren't capable.


• My children are too busy.


• My children complain.


• My children refuse to work.


• They're too old to change.


• My children expect to get paid.
  

Debbie answers all these concerns and more. I wish I had been given this book the day my first baby was born. It would have saved me a lot of trouble. First I had to learn that it wasn't my job to do everything for my children. That took about five years. And then I had to figure out how to teach them to do things for themselves. That has taken another three years. It's been a long road but I know from my experience that it's possible. People often ask me how I have time to do all the things I do. To me it doesn't seem like I do much but even so I couldn't do half of it without my children's help. I'm finding out that they are my greatest asset so I think I'll keep them around!

To win a free copy of Debbie Bowens book, W.O.R.K., leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite and least favorite household chores are. Make sure you also leave contact information through your blog or e-mail so you don't miss out on your opportunity to win.