Chore Day In The Jones House

Every Saturday growing up was and still is “chore day” in the Jones house and it comes early and lasts for hours. My parents believe in making us work for the things we want as well as showing them we appreciate what they do for us by doing chores. It is because of this, that I believe I have learned to work hard in what I am doing and to be thankful for the things that have been given to me. I think children should be raised doing chores not for money, but out of gratitude for their parents and all that they do for them, and just to learn a good work ethic at an early age. Since I can remember, my parents had us doing chores as kids. My parents not only had us do chores, but they did the chores too to show us how to do them properly and
Discipline is something that not very many people have today but it is something that needs to be taught at an early age. Doing tasks by yourself means it depends on you to get the job done and not someone else. The writer quotes, “Let me confess that I wasn’t expected to lift a finger when I was growing up” (Smiley 275). Also, she states that she does not see the reasons that parents assign chores to their children. She states, “Mostly the reasons have to do with developing good work habits or, in the absence of good work habits, at least habits of working” (Smiley 274). Which she is correct in saying that that is many of the reasons parents have their children do chores at home. Not to say that she doesn’t have a good work ethic, but by not having to work for things as a child, the child will develop a bad work ethic from a young age. Many times the child will expect things to be handed to them, be lazy, and not work hard for the things they need to get done or to achieve things. By having our chore day on a certain day every week, it made us realize that it had to be done on that day so it needed to be a priority and come before other activities. This being said, it teaches that sometimes you cannot do what you want when there are other things that need to be done first. The author (Smiley) states in paragraph 2: “The practical result of almost every child-labor scheme that I’ve witnessed is the child doing the
The writer even says herself that her husband has a much better work ethic than she does (Smiley 275) and he grew up working all the time with his father as well. Working as a babysitter has shown me the differences between a child that does chores, as well as a child who does not. As well as in my work environment, the attitude difference between people who grew up working and the people who have not. Since I have grown up doing chores, it has made working under an employer simpler. Although I may not always want to do the job I have been given, it shows them I appreciate them for giving me a job. This also teaches you, as stated earlier, to prioritize so that you can get done everything that you need to get done in a proper