Habit Training
It is essential. That is the reality. The truth is, with this, it is always one step forward, two steps back. You just keep plugging away and staying consistent, and over time little habits are trained. Here is a great article on the whole topic.
Right now, I am doing a happy dance, as our children, cleaned up their breakfast dishes all on their own, without being reminded. Yesterday, our youngest, with great enthusiasm, ran in to our room before the house was up to proclaim that he had made his bed. I feel like I am succeeding, if our children, are following through without constant reminders.
As with anything, there is no perfect ideal. Children are not robots and will not perform perfectly in every situation. That isn’t the goal. The goal, and the hope is that they can learn to control themselves and think beyond their own little bodies. The habits they are acquiring now, will take them through life, so we better think about that shan’t we parents?
So I am off to think about what habits I am modeling to them today.
Peace to all~
