“Love” in Early Childhood!
One thing I remember my Mother saying more often than any thing else was, “the first seven (7) years of a child’s life – are the most important!” My Mother wanted to be a Kindergarten Teacher, more than any other profession of work, but due to being the “13th” and last child – her parents having money wanted her to be with them and to take care of them in their old age.
So, I was “lucky” to be able to spend as much time with my children in their “formative years” – something that today’s parents do not all find to be that important to the job of rearing children.
One of the first activities my children wanted to participate in was “Cub Scouts” – and of course there was a need for “Den Mothers” so that all the boys wanting to join would have a “Den” and a place to meet! We were lucky to have a large “Florida Room” and a large conference type table for all the “Cubs” to sit at and be albe to work on their projects.
I would go to different businesses and ask for items that would be useful for my group of boys to make their projects, and with as much as I could bring into our home for the boys to use – we were saving the boys a lot of money that could be use more wisely. We also provided each boy with their own large box so that all of their items they were working on could always be left as they wanted them – until our next meeting date to finish or continue and finish.
We, as a group in our uniforms would take tours of large businesses – and usually each boy would receive something from each tour as a remembrance.
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