Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Inspiring Work

This post is part of my thoughts on how to teach your kids to work .

The best way to inspire work is to work together. It's not very fun to work alone - we learn sooo much as we work together and bonds are forged.

"Family identity is built moment by moment amidst the talking and teasing, the singing and story-telling that often attend such work sessions. Daily repetition of tasks allow the words and actions that accompany each day's labor to gradually form our most basic beliefs."

"Unfortunately, when family members no longer cooperate to feed, clothe and care for one another, they tend to grow further apart."

"Children learn to care for others by doing work that helps them think about others"

"Learning to patiently and lovingly work out disagreements is a vital part of linking family members through family work."

-All quotes from SoF

After asking Bud to do something for me one day he asked, "Mom, why is it so important to you to have a clean house? Aren't we more important to you than a clean house?" Yes!!!! That is why I am having you clean the house. It's important to my kids to see the big picture. The house being clean is an important end, but the more important end is what we are establishing as we clean. So I've been trying to teach them about work.




I try to teach them this (from SoF):
1)Life creates need (things get dirty, people get hungry, etc) and calls upon us to help.
2)When a need calls to them, it is the right, moral and necessary choice to respond.




We've had family home evenings and devotionals about why we work, about the quotes above, and about the scriptures below.
During family home evening yesterday, after discussing D&C 58:26-28, I asked them, "Do you guys understand that work is about so much more than a clean house?" They all nodded their head thoughtfully. I hope they are starting to see the big picture.

Here's some great scriptures about it:
D&C 82:19
Matthew 25:31-40
Alma 34:28
D&C 58:26-28

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