{"id":4598,"date":"2016-08-11T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/2016\/08\/11\/instilling-responsibility-in-children\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T15:26:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:26:20","slug":"instilling-responsibility-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/2016\/08\/11\/instilling-responsibility-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Instilling Responsibility in Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One impo<a href=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/11\/instilling-responsibility-in-children\/nanny1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rotateccw alignleft wp-image-391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Nanny1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Nanny1\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>rtant role we have as parents is to raise\u00a0children to be successful on their own.\u00a0We have about 18 years to make sure our children are <strong>equipped, independent and confident<\/strong> to live successfully on their own. While it may seem easier to closely manage every aspect of our children&#8217;s lives, teaching children responsibility is really more for their benefit than ours!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s never too early to start teaching children responsibility, and it is especially important during the school year.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips to keep in\u00a0mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teach by example.<\/strong>\u00a0Your children are watching your behavior and pick up on your patterns. Explain to them that you have to do laundry before playing because it&#8217;s a\u00a0responsibility and needs to get done; then, once your responsibilities are complete, relax, play and enjoy your time together.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slowly increase their responsibilities. <\/strong>Don&#8217;t expect children to take over everything at once; instead, increase their responsibilities gradually. Teaching a skill takes a long time, so remember to be patient.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Find the\u00a0balance<\/strong>. That said, let kids be kids and not have too many responsibilities. Make sure to find an appropriate balance.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/morningchecklist\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/MorningChecklist-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"MorningChecklist\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Have age-appropriate responsibilities.<\/strong> Starting around preschool, children can help with chores such as putting away\u00a0laundry and wiping down the table. As they get older, they can take on tasks like washing dishes, doing laundry and balancing their savings account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t rescue them.<\/strong>\u00a0Let children face the consequences of their\u00a0choices. If\u00a0you get a call from school that your son or daughter left their lunchbox at home, it might\u00a0be best to let them have the free lunch (which they may not like) offered by the cafeteria instead of driving their homemade lunch up to school. They&#8217;ll be less likely to forget their lunchbox in the future!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make sure and download our<strong> FREE<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/Candforms\/MorningChecklist.pdf\">morning\u00a0checklist<\/a> to help get your children off to a great\u00a0start each day before school!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One important role we have as parents is to raise\u00a0children to be successful on their own.\u00a0We have about 18 years to make sure our children are equipped, independent and confident to live successfully on their own. While it may seem easier to closely manage every aspect of our children&#8217;s lives, teaching children responsibility is really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,22,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-back-to-school","category-parenting-resource","category-responsible-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.momsbestfriend.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}