[blparent] teen laundry

[Erin Rumer]

Oh, I do not mean to make this sound like this goal will go without trials
because I know it will.  All I was trying to say is that if certain things
are the norm to kids, it usually isn't as big of a fight later on when
they're teens.  I've seen this time and time again with family and friends.
Those who tried to instill certain rules and add chores later-on got more of
a fight while those who expected more of their younger kids within reason
and offered more rewards to those younger kids had a lot less to contend
with in those areas when their children got older.

Erin 
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 9:31 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

Good luck with that, Erin.  I'm not saying you shouldn't try and teach that
important lesson.  But just like all of your hard work feeding your sweet
little baby healthy foods seems to go for naught the first time somebody
hands him a potato chip or a bite of ice cream, the teaching of being
helpful around the house gets a lot harder when your tot marches off to
preschool and hears some other kid whine that picking up toys is boring!

Not that I don't try, mind you.  Sarah does enjoy helping me make
dinner--stirring things, cracking eggs, that kind of stuff--and I make her
pick up her clothes and toys and bring any cups or bowls she's managed to
wander out of the kitchen with back to the sink.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message-----
From: Erin Rumer
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 10:00 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

I started doing my own laundry in junior-high but I actually wanted to do it
earlier than that.  I think ten is a good age but it really just depends on
the kid and their maturity level.  I think that like most things if it's a
normal thing that's done at a younger age it just becomes normal and not
even an issue later on.  I'm hoping to teach my son to do a lot of helpful
things around the house before those crazy hormones kick-in that interfere
with so many things.  He'll learn that just like on a job, there are rewards
that go along with helping the family and consequences for not.

Erin
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jodie and
Kahlan
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 10:30 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] teen laundry

Sorry; I didn't see that message until just now. As you can probably tell,
it's been a while since I've read email. At what age do you guys think is
appropriate for kids to start doing their own laundry?

--
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
"Only a fool walks into the future backward."
Terry Goodkind

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