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in #howto7 years ago (edited)

A family that works together gets a lot more done!


That is a phrase that I coined in that past week (at least as far as I know) and I have been using it a bit lately. It not only sounds good, it has been proven to be true time and time again. Now my @little-peppers are all ages seven and below, but we can still get a lot more done when we pool our talents and abilities, and work within our capabilities.

WORKING TOGETHER

THE BASICS

As you may have seen in the video above, children, even young children, are capable of helping out. I know that many would rather watch television than help do the dishes, but trust me, there can be a lot more to childhood than staring at a smart phone on the couch for four hours a day.

I've worked my way up in a few companies before, so I know a little bit about working with people. One of my favorite jobs was being an assistant manager at a pizza restaurant in New Orleans, but more recently I ran a crew of 76 people in a factory up in Wisconsin. Now that I have a lot of my own work to get done, and a lot of @little-peppers that want to come with me, I can use some of the skills that I learned earlier to streamline the process.

I am currently working on a four part series about being B.L.U.E.R. and using some of the things that you will see in the video above and the photos below, so for the scope of this post I will just cover the work aspect of things.

GIVE SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS, PROVIDE INCENTIVE, & MAKE IT FUN

There were two basic jobs that were child-worthy while I was running the angle blade on the tractor to scrape our driveway yesterday. One job was picking rocks and the other was dealing with the topsoil that we scraped up. Since I had three @little-peppers with me, I threw a goat in the mix to spice things up.

As I explain things below, you will see how the goat helps provide incentive and keeps it fun for my children.

JOB 1 - FILLING BUCKETS WITH TOPSOIL

Topsoil from the forest floor can be a valuable resource that I did not want to go to waste. Since I do not have a tractor of my own or a bucket scoop to pick it up with, I fill five gallon buckets with it so it is broken up into manageable-sized portions that I can carry and load into my trailer.

First the children use a small pitchfork to fill a bucket halfway.

A half bucket is a manageable size for a child to carry out of the way. This little guy, Monster Truck, is four years old.

Then the children fill a second bucket half way as well, and carry it over. Now they can dump the second bucket into the first to provide the finished product of a full bucket of topsoil for me, all without having to carry a full bucket themselves. Once they have a full bucket, they move on to job two.

JOB 2 - PICKING ROCKS

Many a child raised on a farm can tell you stories about picking rocks. I guess that it comes with the life. I have certainly heard some from @grandpa-pepper in my time. This is not the most entertaining or fun job, but not all work is.

Any rocks that are small enough for children to carry they are to move to the sides of the driveway. Larger ones are placed on piles, and the really big ones I move myself.

Smaller rocks are picked up by the armload. Just look at how many this little guy had. He is definitely not being lazy about this.

The smaller rocks are placed into buckets so that I do not have to pick them up again, and so they are in convenient quantities for me to move later. There is no specific goal to reach for this job. The first job determined the rate of rotation, so when the child doing job one finishes their bucket of topsoil, they move to job two and relieve the child who had been picking rocks, who then moves on to job three.

JOB 3 - HANGING OUT WITH A GOAT

Some of you may be wondering about this "job." Is the goat going to be used as a "lawn mower" to clear other areas of the land? No, mostly the goat is just to add something cute, fun, and less labor intensive into the mix.

Chances are that this is the "job" that the children will really want to be doing. This goat is a new one that @bluerthangreen and @allforthegood got, and we are watching it, alone with their other animals while they are out of town. This adds a novelty aspect to the job too, since it is a new animal and new experience for my @little-peppers.

When the child who is done picking rocks gets relieved, they some over to take the leash for the goat, and the child who was holding the goat has to go fill another bucket of topsoil.

If the children really want to have another turn with the goat, it is going to inspire them to get that bucket filled as quickly and efficiently as they can. If each child has this same drive, then @papa-pepper gets a lot more buckets of topsoil and a lot more rocks picked in a shorter amount of time.

It also adds a time of rest and relaxation into the mix for the @little-peppers. They have not been sentenced to 18 years of hard labor. They are children. I think that we worked for less than an hour yesterday as a group like this, but I was impressed with the amount of work that we got done.

Amazingly, all three of them asked if we could do it again today! Think about that folks! Now @papa-pepper does not have a lot of experience raising children, but I do have a lot of incentive to do a great job. I think that if you look at this example, you may find some wisdom. Thanks for checking it out!

As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:


proof-of-family-working-together



Until next time…

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first of all i wanna say to you that you have the cutest 3 children , those are the Gifts of Gods ,

Secondly you said on top that a family that works togather get alot work done, YEAH I AGREE WITH THIS PHRASE you know what when we unite as afamily and want to done something i think its a blessing of God who gives us such a love to live and love with each other , because
here i want to quote a phrase that UNITED WE ALWAYS STAND AND DIVIDED WE ALWAYS FALL, So its a blessing for you by God you have 3 warriors with you who are always stand by with you,
now come to another thing about your strategy , i enjoyed so much your post about how you mix the goat in the whole work just to make the attraction for your children so that they remain happy and didnoy get bore due to the hectic work its a good strategy that you use i like it , than i was watching the whole video and all the pics of your little girls and other children that how great these babies are and look at the technique and zeal of these kids that they are filling up the bukkets and using the pitfork so much efficiently and the little monster of your haaha he is so cute he is just 4 years old and look at him and his zeal and zest that he is working hard and filling the bukkets with the top soil,
i think you are absolutely right near to me the top soil always good either it is oin forests or in fields i also collect this soil from my fields when i go to my village in Bolton Uk with the help og my brother , he is a farmer there, i hope and wish you will buy a new tractor so that it will easy for you to collect this soil rather than using the pit forks and these kids will also be free from this a bit hectic and more enjoying work ,
and the way they are picking up the rocks with their small and cute hands i wish to be there to help these kids such a beautiful family mambers you have , you know its a heaven for you on Earth that what these kids did today whatever im seeing in these pics ,
and i think you use the good strategy because you also have the experience to how to get work from the people because a syou said in post that you worked as assistant manager in a pizza outlet in orelands and also you have the experience of handling 76 people in a factory in wisconsin so i think you have a sharp mind and the same strategy that you were used in the company to handle the staff unde you thats the same thing with some changing you applied here today and that was successful for you and for kids , the goat is so cute and you babies are too cute and the cutest ever the last picture of you with these kids and goat making me more happy and joyfull,
i just say you a best wishes for you for ever and stay happy with these kids and may God give you long life so that you can live life with these super kids, such an amazing family and last but not the least yeah its
UNION IS STRENGHT
STEEM-OM DEAR THANKS FOR SHARING THESE GOOD MEMORIES OF YOU WITH YOUR KIDS

Thank you so much for that wonderful, REAL comment. These are just the oldest three of my five children, so they will be setting a good example for the other two as they grow.

Thanks @shanzaylizay

awwwww thats so nice you have 5 kids so lovely and thanks for this reward and its my pleasure that i get honor of this real comment because there is a reason of this you post the real scens and real word on steemit and in return i do the same , its my pleasure, say hello to all at home, thanks again

I will. Maybe I will even read your comment to them later on!

Awesome way to get er done and yes as a grandmama I did this with my granddaughters but the goat was replaced with planting whatever trees/berries they wanted and the garden walk was done by them to enjoy! You are rocking it @papa-pepper with the motivation! Shared for others to learn motivation solutions!

Thank you very much!

That looks very Cute...Your children are Cherry to the Eyes...Your life seems so much resembling with ours...Countryside life is amazing...Picking up the rocks from the Garden was my kind of leisure when i was a kid.
Salute de Familia @papa-pepper

Team Work make the Dream work.

It sure does~

On your visit to Wisconsin #little-peppers, Grandpa will let you dig on the beach and build sand castles. You can fill up some small buckets if you'd like. No goat though, but we can swim and float on tubes!

@grandpa-pepper is that you! Your son @papa-pepper is thrilling us wit what I guess he learnt from you! Good job sir!

That is him. One kind, gentle, hardworking blessing of a man that I have been able to call my dad all life!

Wow... Lucky you...having a great dad and he is also lucky to have a great son and grand little-peppers!

Thank you @kenhudoy. Those grandchildren have sure been a blessing to us. With regards to @papa-pepper, he has surprised me with his knowledge and skills in areas that I've not really dabbled in. We're learning from each other.

evidence of great genes which runs in the family...
my best wishes @grandpa-pepper

Grandpa will let you dig on the beach and build sand castles. You can fill up some small buckets if you'd like

Good idea. We don't want the vacation to get it out of their system! Smart man!

Ah, good point. We'd better do some rock picking on the beach too!

LOL!

Weldone. I think that many parents should see this because most of our children , unfortunately have been spoilt with technology and thus are too lazy to even help their parents at home and even play outdoors. Keep it up.

Wow...your proof @papa-pepper in this post shows how experienced you are in raising kids! The rock picking, the bucket & soil...the goat aspect ..you beautifully turned work schedule which most kids avoid into a fun experience for them and for us your readers...great post worthy of 100% upvote.
Thanks for showing us steemians the way to be a good parent. My regards to @mama-pepper ...

Thank you very kindly!

Always welcome sir!

I just took another look at this photo. I am amazed to reflect on the look that have on their faces. WE WERE WORKING! Then they asked if we could do it again!!! You are right. Something here is going well!

Yeah...even the look on the goat face shows the goat loved the fun too...!

You are being a great human and even better father for teaching these kiddos the way to actually work, and not just complain and expect things handed, I love it and RESPECT it!

Too many seem to opted for raising children that other way. I'd rather not curse my children with that mentality.

Amazing, I agree, I own businesses myself and I teach my kids even if I am building something that you can live on, you need to contribute and not just expect, expectation just ruins happiness and sets you up for disappointment. Love your style Pepper!

Getting help from children of a family even make them more responsible individuals.

Yes it does! I fully agree!

@ishratamin
Very correct. Nice comment

This is important. A lot to learn here.
Working together is much more productive than working separate and alone. Many want the benefit of working together but do not want to.