Teaching Children Cleanliness
Today the Babywise Friendly Blog Network is sharing tips on the topic of "teaching virtues." A virtue that I aim to teach my children from early on is cleanliness. Cleanliness covers many areas of life: personal hygiene, care of personal belongings, general tidiness, etc. I am the first one to tell people that I'm not hardcore concerned about germs. I'm a firm believer in the 5 second rule...and totally believe some germs build immunities (right? right?). This isn't a post where I'm saying I'm Miss Clean Freak and that everyone else should be too! However I do think there is a lot of value in being a person who takes care of themselves, their belongings and their environment. Here are some of my tips for helping instill the virtue of cleanliness in your home! 1. The Clean Up Song: It may sound silly but find yourself an easy to remember "clean up" song. I think the one we use is from Barney? From BIRTH whenever I'm cleaning up my ba...
