Last Saturday was a marathon for my 12 years old son and I - chores errands, cooking and then work. Yeah we do all these together at the weekend for two reasons; 

1. So we can model doing house hold chores and other activities to the children firsthand.

2. To get them practicing and building stamina in these skills.

Ok back to my story...

For me work was a long Coaching Session with the parents in our Mentor Parents Support Program. 

For him it was a chat session with his buddies in his reading club ( he runs an online reading club for kids age 8-13), then attending an online session with his own coach afterwards.

By the time we were both done and cleared up for the evening , it was almost 8.30p.m. Just then we realised we hadn't produced one variant of his KayCee Juice product ( he runs a small juice company )

Me: Mhen... I'm totally knackered , not sure I can do anything else today 

Kamsy: I know right? You should be, you've been quite busy all day.

It's okay mum, If you have enough energy to peel the pineapples I can chop them, peel the other things and blend them and then you can come back to do a quality control check before I bottle them. It won't be nice not to have the blend, some customers love it.

It was all the motivation I needed to get to it, and so we did and in 45 minutes we were done.

Dear parents, children are a reflection of how we parent them. 

📌 A child who is taught and allowed to problem solve will do this with time.

📌 A child who is engaged in productive endeavours will gradually think of themselves as a creator(productive person)

📌 A child who is taught to reason will be reasonable.

📌 A child who is taught and shown empathy will reflect empathy.

📢 One last thing, skills don't take root automatically, they must be practised consistently and intentionally. 

❓Are you being intentional about what you want to see your child embody?

Selah.

Marybeth Chima

Educator & Parent Coach 

The MentorMum.