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[quote=Anonymous]When they were little, we took a chapter out of the Montessori at home book and did not restrict their access to the house, but taught them how to treat the home and let natural consequences happen if things broke or got spilled on (we didn't buy anything too precious, obviously). We framed some of their art and put it up with the other art. We incorporated them into the household routines, like taking out trash and compost, moving laundry through the cycle, putting dishes away, watering plants. We developed our own family traditions and inside jokes. When they were older, we included them in household decisions like meals and vacations and let them make choices in decorating their rooms when it was time to change the little kid decor to teen decor. We also encouraged respect for other people's spaces, particularly bedrooms and the home office; and respect for shared spaces (don't leave your stuff in the middle of the family room). Those were the broad goals anyway! We didn't expect (or get) perfection.[/quote]
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