Its a rule in our home that you do volunteer?

Question

work weekly. My husband has always told the kids that service is their rent for living....do your children volunteer?

Answer 1

That's great. How is it working out? Do your kids enjoy it?

I remember as a kid doing volunteer work and I loved it. It's nice to help out others.

My stepkids don't do any volunteer work though they used to come with me to help me do my volunteer work. It's feeding a colony of feral cats. They did it with enthusiasm. But now it's hard getting them off of the couch. :-(  Maybe they need something else to do. They liked seeing the cats.

I think it's great.

Answer 2

Wowie. Responsible parents.

Kudos! I'm impressed.

Although.....  on second thought.... I don't think I really care for your husband dressing the volunteer service as the kids' "rent for living."

I think that's bad.

YOU guys had the kids, YOU guys are responsible for raising the kids, and providing for their needs. As in "housing."

Volunteer service should NOT be presented in that way. It should be about exposing the children to all different kinds of people, all different kinds of situations, stations of life, different kinds of work - you know, helping to "round them out?"

I would think that the manner in which your husband is presenting the volunteer work to your kids is bound to generate resentment.

Watch for problems down the road!

Answer 3

I think you are doing a wonderful job.  I think children should volunteer every once in a while so they can see what the world is really about.  God bless,

Answer 4

My children are either currently involved or have recently been involved in volunteer work. Not just one task either...they have to pitch in and help wherever they participate....At the school fundraisers, church, youth group, Civil Air Parol, the humane society, just to name a few.

Answer 5

God bless you and your children...

Answer 6

Helping others has been a family tradition in my family since the depression era. There are so many ways to share of yourself, I share my knowledge free (teaching people to read and write), my husband takes groceries to people in need, our daughter helps the disabled elderly, our son is in the big brother program as a big brother. My mother was an unpaid rescue worker, my father, a doctor, donated free medical care to the needy. Some of our other shared causes are civil rights for ALL people, stronger laws for the protection of animals/nature and supporting the rights of children, (abused kids who fall through the cracks, non-violent ways to stop abortion as a means of birth control, ect.) No one has ever been paid for anything we do, we do all this because we care.  We wish there were more people like your family and ours. God's Blessing to you.

Answer 7

Nope, I don't call that volunteering. Only if they decide to do it, do i call it volunteering.  I have no conditions for my love or their well being.