Life Skills Kids Making Own Beds

Mama did not like duvets. She said they interfered with the art of making the bed. Teaching kids how to make their beds is the next step to empowerment, after potty training and finally using the bathroom independently.

The bed is a reflection of life. It needs to be attended to. Teaching young kids to make their own beds is not child abuse. It’s arming them with the reality that there’s night and day. The world changes to reflect that. It is yellowish in the morning and has a blue tint at night. It is morning, so we make beds. The little darlings will also melt your heart with:

“Mom look. I’ve made my bed.”

Kids learn about tomorrow when they make up their beds. They’ll do it in training colleges, where they sleep in a dormitory with 20 other students. They’ll share a room when they go to university.

Remember your messy room mate? Later on in life, they’ll fall in love and decide to live together. Making the bed can make or break the relationship because it represents bigger things, like cleanliness and order.

I don’t like using the word order because it can be abused, leading to religious fundamentalism, dictatorship, totalitarianism or abuse of women. Teaching kids how to make their beds is simply preparing them how to get ready to start the day, before they venture out in the world that functions on order.

Example. You cannot drive on the left hand side, in countries where they drive on the right hand side.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.