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\"character-663356_1280\"There’s work to be done when you raise a family! It is possible, however, to turn time spent in routine chores into time well invested in helping a child practice skills or building memories. Have you tried the “Mary Poppins’ Method”? I don’t think a spoonful of sugar is very healthy for making the medicine go down, but the concept sure works to transform chores into delightful time spent together<\/strong>. Mom’s attitude makes all the difference!<\/p>\n

Kitchen work is a natural for the “Mary Poppins’ Method”. My kids and I have cooked together from scratch since they were small. With a big family, there was always bread to bake, meals to make, and lots of cleanup to accomplish and dishes to wash. It could<\/em> be miserable, and at times I lost my bearings and it was<\/em> miserable! But when I kept a firm hold of Mary’s sound philosophy, it was actually great fun!<\/strong> In the kitchen, we ended up turning everything into a song, and giggling way too much. The cooking all gets done but the work is hardly noticed. We even made up a song about our songs, called “We Make a Song of All Things”<\/em>!<\/p>\n

\"dandelion-20927_1280\"Races are an exciting way to make a tedious task zip by. All it takes is Mom to call out, “I’ll bet I can weed my row faster than you can!”<\/strong> and the race is on! It doesn’t hurt for Mother to good-naturedly take a tiny break so the little ones can catch up and barely win!<\/p>\n

We get to choose. We can drudge through the tasks of taking care of a family, or we can add “an element of fun” to the work that must be done. Be sure that our children will copy us!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be happy!<\/em>
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