Kimberly Eddy
Auteur van Joyful Momma's Guide to Shopping & Cooking Frugally
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Put Your Budget on a Diet: Practical Advice for Saving Money in Every Area of the Household Budget, One Step at a Time (2012) 4 exemplaren
Shopping & Cooking Frugally 2 exemplaren
Thriving on One Income 1 exemplaar
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The primary focus is the important lesson that you teach children to do chores not to lighten your load, but rather to prepare them for their lives as adults. When you're in the trenches of parenting, it's sometimes easy to let the big picture slip, and this serves as an excellent reminder. It also points out, quite correctly, that different children have different talents and that you have to understand your child's natural abilities, but not let them off the hook for things they'll need to know later. The specifics breakdown to the right way to encourage toddlers while they're still in their helpful phase and how to bring around older kids who may have been allowed to bypass chores until now. It gives specific lists of the chores that it's reasonable to expect each age group of children to do, and it gives some great examples of natural consequences for not getting things done.
I really do recommend this book. It's the perfect length for busy parents, it has concrete ideas, and it gives parents solid motivation to keep at teaching even when it's difficult.… (meer)