Show mi CATHERINE CONRAD P EDWARDS ed 10 r 17 M d 4 given his lils choice of pending spending the cummer summer at a cea sea shore camp or staying home to do odd jobs around the home house our neighbors son has elected to help at home it may be hard to believe that a normal play loving 10 year old woula would make this decision and then live up to it by being truly helpful butchis but this has been the case however upon closer consideration its not so incredible after all bobbys bobbye family have tuft lust moved into their house iti its not a new house nor even a particularly attractive one now but the family agreed it had possibilities they realized that fixing up this house would take a lot of money or a great deal of effort and since there much money the young parents rolled up their sleeves but the they did so with such infectious enthusiasm that bobby want to be left out now home improvement projects are a family affair when the stairs were refinished mother scabbed bobby sandpapered sand papered and dad applied varnish then everyone had a lime alde and admired the gleaming wood bobby thought painting fun and puttying a new game but raking stones from the front yard and carting them away in a bushel basket was hot unexciting work still father and son labored cheera cheerfully u they he talked about the fine e lawn awn they would have then there was the fun of going to the hardware store to buy the grass seed did they want the mixture which included clover did bobby think they should seed the terrace or plant ivy there being thus consulted adding his voice to the adult admiration of each finished job sometimes suggesting a new project are all part of the reason this youngster 8 begrudge helping around the house first of all he feels it is his house too he shares its satisfactions mothers who ask how can I 1 get my child to help at home 1 may not fee see the true story of do bobby y as an answer to their problem but bobby Is not an exception children in general reflect the attitudes of their par entz not the feigned attitudes but the real often bidden hidden behind behina a smile attitudes do you go 90 about your housework with a martyred marty red air perhaps you are careful not to grumble but do you even stop to really admire the shining just scoured sink instead of or worrying about the porch which still needs sweeping ybur youngster w will I 1 I 1 I 1 hardly find satisfaction in getting g his room I 1 cleaned up if you lust just say ay fine but what about the cellar if john has weeded the flower bed remember to pass along to him mrs blakes c comment that your garden is one of the loveliest in town children like a change in jobs you may even be able to escape some monotony yourself this way A task which has become routine to you cleaning out the dish closet for example may be a welcome change from sidewalk we k sweeping for 14 year old jane and you may find yourself enjoying a little exercise in the sunshine dont limit your child to comparatively unimportant jobs he wants to be in on the major m projects too sometimes the method of al doting chores can pave the way for happy compliance |