Book Review: Cleaning House

 

 

Book Review: Cleaning House...A Mom's 12 Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement by Kay Wills Wyma

"I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review”.

Book Review: Is Your Home Out of Order?

 

Do your kids expect clean folded clothes to magically appears in their drawers? Do they roll their eyes when you suggest they clean the bathroom? By racing in to make their lives easy, have you unintentionally reinforced your children's belief that the world revolves around them?

 

Dismayed at the attitude of entitlement that had credpt into her home. Kay Wyma got some attitude of her own. Cleaning House is her account of a year-long campaign to introduce her five kids to basic life skills and the ways meaningful work can increase earned self-confidence and concern for others.

With irresistible humor and refreshing insights, Kay candidly details the ups and downs of equipping her kids for such tasks as making beds, refinishing a deck chair, and working together. The changes that take place in her household will inspire you to launch your own campaign to dislodge your kids from the center of the universe.

My Review: Why did I not know about this book before??? 6 kids later and here it is. I can't believe how much I enable my kids. I love the ideas the author gives to get her children to realize that they will never survive life without these skills. Cleaning the bathroom, doing laundry, making dinner are just some of the few skills she teaches to her own brood. I am extremely excited about getting started on my kids new life in the year 2013! They will be learning how to clean every crevice of this house (and we have 14 rooms) At this point, they would throw all of the red socks in with the white underwear, just to get it done. Though I will be slightly freaked out at what dinners my kids will provide, I vow to eat every bite just because they did it themselves. Wow! Are we in for one heck of a year!!!!!