Children or pint-sized adults?
Finding balance in assigning responsibilities to kids
CHILDREN OR PINT-SIZED ADULTS?
Teaching children age-appropriate responsibility is one thing; placing on them burdens they were never meant to carry is another. Age-appropriate responsibility means training children and assigning tasks to them according to their ability to respond (responsibility).
Giving children responsibilities that are inappropriate for their age and development is not responsibility; it is abuse. Do not delegate to them something they are not built to carry. The effects may not be visible immediately, but over the long term, psychological damage will occur.
They will grow up being resentful and bitter toward their parents for robbing them of their childhood. Children learn to socialize and relate to other people properly through play, not through WORK.
Children should be given increased responsibilities as they grow older, according to their ability to respond. They must be both physically and emotionally mature enough to handle the tasks required of them.
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Excellent perspective.
Thanks so much! Really glad you resonated with it ☺️
I love that..... Responsibility means ability to respond. Thank you for that. Such an amazing piece you have here