You Teach What You Tolerate

I love this simple statement because it is so true, especially when it comes to our children and Homeschooling. 

For example, if my wife and I tolerate having our school room in a perpetual state of trashiness, then I have taught my children that it is okay have a trashed school room. I can pretty much count on the fact that my kids will leave it trashed. Whereas if I do not tolerate it and I require of them what I can tolerate (a clean school room), then I am teaching them to keep the school room clean.

This philosophy applies to so many areas of our lives.  Chances are, if someone around us is doing something that we don’t like, we have taught them that it is okay to do it because we continue to tolerate it.