Momma Helpers will be featuring some humorous cartoons to help lighten the mood a bit. We got a great chuckle out of this strip, created by Sharon Hurley Hall. Have you ever wondered what babies think when we feed them those “yummy” veggies, like carrots? Sharon has a great take on this one.
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As a parent it’s always a tough call as to what you should pull your kids up about and what you should let go. Don’t look at the parenting books; they’re no help at all. Some of them swear by routine and structure; others
suggest that these small people just need to be left to flower. It’s the same when it comes to education. Some countries march their kids into school just before the age of five; others are happy to wait till seven. So who’s right and how do you decide what to do in your own home? I suppose it depends on whether you take a long view.
If you have younger children (pre-teen age and younger), how often do you teach them new life skills at home? As a mother, it is your responsibility to make sure your children know how to do the basic things that will help them in everyday life when they grow older.
My daughter, who is nine, has begged me for weeks now to teach her how to make coffee in the coffee pot. I put her off at first, thinking that she was too young. I wasn’t ready to give her that bit of knowledge yet because I still think of her as being my "baby girl." The reality is she’s growing up right before my very eyes, and if I don’t teach her these basic skills, someone else will.
Today I took two big steps. First, I released a certain amount of control by letting her do something for me. And second, I taught her a basic life skill that will enable her to do something nice for others. She knows her daddy and I love to drink coffee. Now that she knows how to make coffee, she will enjoy doing that small, nice thing for us from time to time.
