Yes! I Have Time!

"Here sweetheart, I'll put that book back, you go and play".

"Move out of the way, I'll clean up these toys. You go watch TV"!

"Get out of the way, I'll make the bed; you are not doing it right"!

I'll show you later how to make this meatloaf, I need to get it done and I can do it quicker. You'll just be in the way"!

When we do not educate our children at home and I'm not talking about book education, I'm talking about domestic and relationship education, we handicap our children. They grow up and develop a fear of cooking, a fear of mowing the grass, a fear of raising a child, a fear of cleaning, a fear of being accepted, or a fear of anything in life they should have learned at home. 

I know you are asking how is it fear, all they have to do is do it! It's not that easy, when they are not confident of how to do it. When we do not know how, we fear it. I don't know how to cook ~ Fear! I don't know how to mow the lawn ~ Fear! I don't know how to care for a baby ~ Fear! Because we as a parent also fear they are not going to do it right, we are telling our children you are not capable of doing it or another way to look at it is you are not willing to take the time to teach them. When you avoid the issue, you handicap your child for the necessary growth they need in life. 

You as a parent first have to develop patience, and time is on your side, so there is no hurry when it comes to establishing a relationship with your child. When you are in the kitchen with your daughter, even at a young age, you are developing a relationship with them. Father's when you are showing your son how to mow the lawn, you are developing a relationship with your son. They are not going to do it right the first time, SO WHAT, it doesn't make it wrong. The more anyone does something, the better they become and the more confident they become in doing it. Remember, you too were a student at one time in the book of life and without someone taking the time with you, you would not have learned it either. 

The idea of doing it for your child and not showing them "how to" is doing them a dis-service.

Proverbs 16:27~ Idle hands are the devil's workshop, idle lips are his mouthpiece, literally, "A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is a scorching fire". https://www.biblegateway.com/

A 25 year research study by Marty Rossman of the University of Mississippi has proven that children as young as the age of 2 can be taught how to make their bed~ believe it or not I started my children at the age of 2 to make their bed. No it's not going to be done correct the first time, and do not do it over, because you will deplete their efforts. Truly make over how they made it and each time they get better. Please read this article at your earliest convenience at http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/life/family/2015/07/13/study-finds-kids-chores-good-thing/30097541/ and remember you are your child's caretaker and teacher also, so stop the nonsense of it takes too much time to teach them ~ you have nothing but time because in a short time they will be out of the house entering into adulthood and your time will not be your own if you don't. They will consume it even as an adult because they will constantly be at your doorstep demanding help! 

To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven:2 A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted, 3  A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up, 4 A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 6 A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away, 7 A time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak, 8 A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 AMP