Gently into Sleep: A Bedtime Ritual by Marjorie R. Nelsen

by Marjorie R. Nelsen, Unknown Author

Spiral-bound

About the author

As an early childhood educator for 33 years, mother of four and grandmother of a baker's dozen, I have often seen the frustration of parents who nagged, cajoled and scolded, and still could not get their children to do the simplest of tasks. A Child's Book of Responsibilities came about as a teaching tool in our early childhood parenting classes. The parents loved the books because they were cheery and interactive, with suggested routines and responsibilities already done for them. The children loved them because all the choices were theirs and that sets the stage for cooperation.

Learning responsibility is on-the-job training for life! A child who learns responsibility in the formative early years will carry the value of work into adulthood. Your child will learn to be useful, to cooperate with others, and to experience the pleasure of completing a task. Those lessons are more important than the lessons of music, dance, or athleticism, for from that foundation will emerge the building blocks of living life skillfully.