Ever want to get a job done in a fun way?

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I find it highly unfortunate that many people have lazy children who only want television and pizza. Unfortunately, a lot of the responsibility for those children turning out that way falls on their parents. Personally, I'd rather have children that are more of a blessing, so we teach them and train them to be just that.

Earlier today, during a break time between breakfast and some other daily activities, the @little-peppers were playing outside. Since I had all sorts of things that I wanted to get done, I walked out and asked them, "Who wants to bless Papa?" I specifically remember our oldest son "Monster Truck the Pepper" replying with an excited "I do!"

I then explained that we needed to harvest some more of dried Chinese Red Noodle Bean seeds to plant next year and share with friends. I told the children that if they were careful, they could limb the bent cattle panels that the beans were growing on to grab some dried seed pods down.

Sure, I could have just walked over and grabbed them some, but what fun would that be? This way, they could choose their own amount to work on, and have some jungle gym type fun in the process.

Soon they all had picked a handful, and it was time for the "work" to begin. It is great to see children actually accomplishing tasks that benefit their families, and even more so to see them do it with big smiles on their faces.

Once I told them that they had enough beans to work on, they all came out of the garden to move onto phase two of this task. It is a very simple task that children can easily accomplish, it's just a matter of encouraging them to actually so it.

All that they have to do is break up the dried shells and pick the beans out. Some instruction on sorting the beans to make sure that only good ones are kept is needed, but they received this instruction earlier in the year and still remembered.

Here you can see how the dried beans fall out of the broken shells and can easily be picked up to save for next year's garden.

Honestly, @mama-pepper and I do not have a lot of experience in parenting, but we do have a lot of incentive. Like anyone, we cannot force our children to behave or respond a certain way, but we can instruct and encourage them to help develop their character and prepare them for life.

Too many people these days raise their children as if they were a curse, and then the children grow up to be just that, because it is how they were raised. We would rather choose to view them as a blessing, and raise them accordingly. So far, things have been working out very well. There are a lot of difficult moments, but our responses and reactions in those time will help shape our children, whether it is for the good, or not.

Hopefully this post can be used as a small bit of encouragement for other parents out there. Ultimately, as with a lot of life, you reap what you sow more often than not.

Children can be helpful, it just might take some effort to train them to. Also, there are usually some fun ways to get the job done. Another good example is shown in this video I made a couple of months ago.

HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AS A FAMILY

As an added bonus, you should see "snack time!"

These children actually ask permission to eat healthy snacks fresh from the garden as well. Our oldest son requested some fresh raw kale and gobbled it up while he was working! So much for kids not liking vegetables. They will just grow up how you raise them folks, and how you raise them is your choice.

Imagine how the world would be if everyone was capable of eating healthy and working hard with a good attitude, even while they were still young! One child at a time, we can at least make sure that some people like that in the next generation. Be blessed.

As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:

proof-of-jungle-gym-gardeners-at-work

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Until next time…

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