I think when you start teaching your kids from a very small age it is very good, as they learn the basic things quickly, and become aware of many thing before they start school, a good example is teaching your kids to eat and drink themselves, and also do their potty training from early! This may seem as it is too early for the kids, but it all helps in the long run! An ideal age to teach kids things like this would be around 2 years of age!

Its a good idea to involve your kids in everything you do, as they will learn and will have the urge to do things, such as helping with the housework, taking their dishes to the kitchen, no matter how small a task may be it will help the kids a lot and make them feel as they have accomplished something!

My daughter who is 6 years of age, was taught to eat and drink herself when she was 2 years old, and she did spill things the first few times, but that is all a part of teaching them. By the age of 2 and half years old she could properly eat and drink!

It is proved that children who have freedom from thir childhood to experiment and do creative things with aproper supervision are more active and have a better attitude in life than those who have always been stopped by their parents from doing anything and who are scared of their parents.

It takes a lot of patience and conviction to raise good persons in our children. Lots of pains too! But with the more mature approach to bearing in mind that theyre just children, one may be able to cope with the stresses brought about by the task.