When your child goes to school, the first months it is the school that becomes his main business and leading activity. And it is right!
However, no one canceled household chores and duties. How to reconcile all this? In a good family, parents think through and establish family rules. Clever rules, teaching the child the rules. Rules to develop good habits in your children.
Of course, such rules need to be thought through. And then make sure that your family lives according to your rules, and not the bad habits of children. Unfortunately, in many families, the children’s bad habits have essentially become family rules — crooked rules. For example,
- If I get ready for a long time in the morning, my dad will take me to school by car.
- If I pretend to be stupid enough when doing my homework, my mother sits and works with me every day for 2 hours.
- If I’m not allowed to watch TV at home, I have to whine for so long until my mother gives up.
I would like to believe that you are not. In any case, I propose to begin to formulate the rules of the family, suitable for this age. I’ll start with these:
- All things for school and a portfolio are collected in the evening.
- Sleep at 22:00, wake up at 7:00.
- The morning begins with exercise, shower and dousing with cold water.
- Breakfast (cook, cover, clean up) is done by the children together with their mother.
- No one is biting separately. For breakfast, lunch and dinner, everyone comes together.
- They don’t just talk around the table. There is a topic — raise your hand, we will discuss the topic.
- After school, change and hang your clothes neatly.
- The order of things at home: 1) lessons, 2) report to parents, 3) sports, 4) household chores, 5) educational games, 6) games just like that.
In many families, checklists have worked well.