Monday, July 29, 2013  Workin' Hard  We're big fans of child
labor in our house. No, not the kind where children are forced
to spend all of their day in awful conditions, working for very
little wages, producing products for people who earn lots of
money.  But we are fans of teaching our children how to put in
their fair share of work to keep the household managed.  And in
teaching them how to work hard. And in teaching them life skills
appropriate for their capacity.  And in helping them to
understand and appreciate all that is needed to keep the wheels
moving here at the Willis house.  A couple of the chores the
boys are regularly wrangled up for: -Emptying the Dishwasher.
They know how to put the silverware away. But the rest of the
dishes, bowls, and other items are just taken out and stacked on
the counter by them. - Sorting their dirty laundry. We have 2
laundry hampers in our for lights and one for darks. The boys
know how to drag their lightweight laundry hamper into our room
and sort their laundry in