![]() We moms are business managers too, but more often than not, we don’t think of ourselves that way. ![]() You know how attentive your kids are when the teacher, Grandma, a neighbor or friend asks or tells them to do something? It’s because you as the primary trainer have become like an annoying email that keeps showing up in your inbox and you keep ignoring it because you know it wants you to do something you don’t want to do.Ī successful, professional puts together a team to manage the business. The House Fairy is like having your very own in-house coach for your kids. Having kids put things in order teaches them to be responsible for their things and when we moms can make the process fun, we change the game from the SRF to joy and excitement! So how can you change something that’s been a battle into something that’s suddenly fun? Enter the House Fairy Knowing how to clean and do basic chores will serve your children when they grow up and manage homes of their own. ![]() You Already Intuitively Know ThisĮstablishing regular routines for yourself and your children provides some predictability and stability in your home life. My sister and I had no semblance of a natural desire for order and that’s what lead to the dreaded SRF. One psychologist said, “Just shut the door to their room and out of a natural desire for order, they’ll clean it up eventually.” Those were pre-Google days, and unfortunately that recommendation is still being disseminated to weary moms throughout the Internet. My mom was so frustrated with my disorganized sister and me that she researched the problem. Hey, Stephen Spielberg’s mom was scared to go in his room when he was a boy, because it was such a mess. If your kids have messy rooms, you are not a failure and neither are your children. Most moms feel frustrated with their kids’ messy rooms and they feel they need to impose some sense of order or they’ve failed. Mom would stand in the doorway to my very messy bedroom, hands on her hips, eyes blazing like a drill sergeant barking commands to her new recruits and her voice, behind clenched teeth, like a cat in battle for its life, would hit my tender eardrums, “You are NOT leaving this room until it’s clean!” When I was a kid, I called it the SRF, Saturday Room Fit! ![]() It’s a battle that’s waged in millions of households across America every Saturday morning. ![]()
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