One of the things I have learned recently is that when the young man who is in charge of taking care of laundry has a friend over for a couple of days, laundry goes by the wayside. While he does the laundry, it gets in the washer, maybe hits the drier, but there's something in the process that gets missed just simply because the friend is here and he's preoccupied. After friend is taken home and said young man gets called to pick berries for his first job, things go quickly from bad to worse. When he gets home from working, he's wiped out, brain is mush, so it is time to readjust and grant some grace.
In these instances, Mom has to step in.
It has taken me a week, but the laundry is done, for now. The laundry room has been reclaimed and said boy has had lots to fold and put away just simply because it is his job to help the family. This job will end and he will move on to another job on July 1st, but for now this is his contribution. As I type this, he is sitting on the couch folding kitchen towels. He'll put those away before we leave for his berry picking job. He is learning valuable lessons. For me, though, it is so very hard NOT to just do it myself, relieving him of his responsibilities. However, that would not produce the fruit of diligence nor life lessons learned for his future adult life. He needs to know and understand that it doesn't matter if you have a job or not, there are still chores and responsibilities to take care of at home....regardless. *sigh* Parenting is hard...especially when they need to learn lessons and you really shouldn't jump in to help them because they need to reap the consequences.
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