Show The ie Family Scrapbook c By y Dr Ernest G. G Osborne A A lot of us parents agree in principle as far as the desirability desirability desirability desir desir- ability of young oung children helping helping helping help help- ing around the house is con con- But what we ask can a 4 or year old do that means anything Here are some specific answers an an- jobs savers jobs that many a parent parent parent par par- ent has found quite within the capabilities of under sixes 1 Beating egg whites 2 handing clothes pins to the person person person per per- son hanging up clothes 3 shelling peas 4 dusting 5 emptying wastebasket 6 drying drying drying dry dry- ing dishes 7 helping carry groceries 8 answering the phone 9 dropping cooky batter batter batter bat bat- ter on the baking tin 10 helping helping helping help help- ing make beds Such an inventory is but the beginning of a long list of jobs Junior can do It is true that we cant can't expect small fry to do doa a thorough job of dusting the furniture of an entire room nor shelling a quart of peas at one setting Sometimes indeed the help he can give is more or orless orless less less token help But the important thing is the taste of achi achieving ving of doing work of feeling that hes he's in uin on the act Its It's well worth while investing time lime and effort in finding Junior jobs that help the child feel hes he's a partner in inthe inthe inthe the home enterprise |