The Simple Life at Home

In an effort to help my kids learn about time management and responsibility, we are trying something new here. I am giving them each a list of their weekly assignments each Sunday and they have until 3 pm on Saturday to complete the list. If their level of work today is any indication, it's going to be an interesting Saturday.

Daniel has done nothing. Not reading, not one vocabulary lesson, not a single thing that could be considered work.

Emily at least started out strong. She read a couple of chapters of a biography on William Carey and did one vocabulary lesson. Then she decided to relax and take the rest of the day off.

Hmmm. Now, mind you, there are consequences to not completing their assignments. If even one item is not done, that child will lose all electronics for the week - computer, television, phone, video games. All gone.

I'll let you know how it goes.