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December 22, 2007

13 Crucial Tasks To Teach Your Children

I’m all about teaching my kids how to do things by themselves. Sure, it’s great for them to be self-reliant, but it’s even better for them to take a little of the load off of me.

While I could have named this 1001 Things To Teach Your Kids, I’ve got crap to get accomplished while the boys are folding, stuffing and stamping the Christmas cards.

1. Teach your kids to gift wrap. Buy cheap paper and don’t expect perfection. Then again, if you have a kid like Porter, after a couple of years he’ll invent something like this.

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It looks like Porter wrapped two presents for Drew.

The Big Reveal:

It’s Two-Sided Wrapping!!
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How Does He Do It??
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I don’t know. I let him run amok with the wrapping supplies and this is what happens. He tells me that for best results, you should turn and move the gift each day to a different spot under the tree so your prey believes he has more presents than he actually does.

2. I came across these tips on how not to be a Know It All Jerk on The Huffington Post. The article appears to be aimed at adults, but wouldn’t we all be happier if everyone learned this as kids?

Merry, Happy, etc!

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6 Responses to “13 Crucial Tasks To Teach Your Children”

  1. December 22nd, 2007 at 11:09 pm, Cassie Says:

    Absolutely brilliant.

    Merry Christmas to your family.

  2. December 23rd, 2007 at 12:40 am, Liz Says:

    Sincerely sneaky and insufferably intelligent.

    Liz’s last blog post..Sometimes it’s good to swear in front of your kids

  3. December 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 am, childsplay Says:

    Merry (Almost) Christmas!

    I love the link to how not to be a Jerk! Priceless!

    And, on a selfish note, do you know anything about hamsters vs. gerbils? ‘Cuz Santa’s bringing one or the other, we’re just not sure which one we want him to. Any opinions are much appreciated!

    childsplay’s last blog post..Hamster OR Gerbil?

  4. December 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm, Laura S. Says:

    We moved this week so the only wrapping paper I can find is bubble wrap. Fortunately, bubble wrap is also a toy in our house still. So twice the fun!

    Merry Christmas to all!!!

  5. December 24th, 2007 at 7:52 am, Charlie on PA Tpk Says:

    Teach my kids to wrap? Heh. Who is gonna teach me??

    Seriously, if you want something to look as if it was wrapped a one-armed chimp (with an astigmatism), call on me. Otherwise, be happy I buy ‘gift bags.’

    Here’s a video that has helped me immensely: http://www.kath-leen.com/unsettled/2007/12/holiday-gift-wr.html

    Now if I could only wrap as well as he does!

    Charlie on PA Tpk’s last blog post..Final daze

  6. December 26th, 2007 at 1:23 pm, twinkie Says:

    That wrapping looks like something my husband would do. (especially with the moving it every day.) Of course, that would mean not waiting until the last minute . I believe my present is always the last under the tree. Oh well.

    I hope you had a great Christmas.

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