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Date Posted: 08:59:17 02/19/08 Tue
Author: pdudgeon
Subject: Re: My parents started me & my brother at a young age. I was 5 years old & working in the garden...
In reply to: Terry 's message, "My parents started me & my brother at a young age. I was 5 years old & working in the garden..." on 20:23:28 02/18/08 Mon

when my kids would complain i always reminded them that they were a part of the family. If they wanted to be warm then they had to bring in the wood, if they wanted clean plates then they had to wash and dry them, etc.

any time they decided that they had had enough i would remind them of the difference between family priviledges and guest priviledges. Family could raid the refrigerator whenever they wanted, but guests had to eat whatever and whenever the host served them. Family had their own rooms, but guests had to sleep on the pull-out bed in the living room. Family belonged, but guests were only visitors for a short time,and had to leave.

Eventually they saw that doing the chores was one of the things that entitled them to the benefits of being in the family.

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