Ep 64- Mama’s Little Helpers

My littles get so excited about being my helpers! Daily, I hear Ivy's heavy footsteps down our hallway and her chant of "helper, helper, helper" as she runs to be involved in whatever I'm doing. Allowing my children to join in on the tasks of home and to fully embrace the opportunity to teach them how to be my helper is an area I've been slow to adopt. I'm a very task-oriented person. The more I can check off the list, the more successful the day was. In my haste and efficiency, I realized that I was missing out on an opportunity to invest in my relationship with my littles, to teach them how to manage a home well, and to be an active team member of our family. I've been working to slow down and let them be mama's little helpers. It's actually been quite the surprise to realize just how much they are a help to me! And tasks are always more fun when you do them with someone else!

In this episode, I share practical ways I've worked on having a perspective change in this area, as well as different chores and routines of home that I let my children take part in. It makes my mama heart swell when I see them taking initiative to help out around the home.

Sally Clarkson says, "Raising children, building a home, and passing on a legacy of righteousness is part of God's eternal design for the family." Often, I think that these things are accomplished in the big moments of life. The longer I go, the more I realize that they are actually achieved when everyday moments are lived out in faithful obedience. For today, that means doing laundry, washing dishes, and feeding my family. Letting my children join in on those things keeps us moving towards fulfilling God's perfect design for our family.

 

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