Today children always want to get anything they want at home, but they wouldn’t do housework. To teach my children a 36 , I decided to go on a cleaning strike for a(n) 37 , but I wouldn’t announce it.
38 telling my girls, I did no picking up or cleaning those days. I still cooked and washed clothes, but things that they could 39 do themselves, such as tidying up after themselves, I wouldn’t do. Would a week be enough for Lois and Joe to notice their mess and 40 their tidy gene? I started 41 to see the result.
Day One of the strike passed as 42 . Lois and Joe left for 43 at 8 am, leaving behind bowls and dishes on the table. With great efforts, I ignored the 44 and headed out to work directly. Of course, the children’s bowls were still there when they came back from school. Where was their 45 point? I desired to clear the mess, but it didn’t seem to 46 them. In fact, I didn’t think they even noticed.
Day Two and Three followed the 47 pattern, and both the coffee table and the kitchen worktop were filled with some pretty dirty dishes. I 48 whether I had the staying power to see this through. By Day Four, however, I saw some signs of 49 and they developed a taste for order. When I opened the door, I was 50 to see everything in the kitchen was where it should be. After four days, my children were so sick of the mess, so they cleaned up themselves. Since then, they have kept the 51 of helping me with the housework. They 52 to wash the bowls while I tidied the room. 53 , every day they put their bedrooms in order.
I thought my experiment was 54 . As long as parents had 55 with children, they could learn many things from everyday life.
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