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The Fly Lady taught me
to zone off the rooms and hang step-by-step detailed cleaning lists in each
zone. This makes cleaning our casa quick and easy. Because I have so many kids
and not very many rooms in the house, the whole place gets cleaned up relatively
fast.
Training the kids to
clean each zone correctly is laborious, but it pays big when the house is
cleaned correctly and fast without a maid service present.
The soul-shaping
principals here are diligence and thoroughness. Diligence is the opposite of
slothfulness and it is a quality that will assist the kids in all stages of
their lives. Teaching them to be thorough, quite frankly, is a pain in the
hiney. It would be easier just to do it myself, but if they learn to be
thorough they will go further in life.
Soul Shaping
Challenge: Pick a chore with your kids and teach them to do it from beginning
to end with diligence and thoroughness. Colossions 3:2, “Whatever you
do work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord and not for man.”
