{"id":5746,"date":"2017-06-09T22:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T02:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2017-06-12T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T00:50:44","slug":"how-become-amazingly-diligent-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/how-become-amazingly-diligent-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become an Amazingly Diligent Mom!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"How to Become an Amazingly Diligent Mom\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/how-become-amazingly-diligent-mom\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"How to Become an Amazingly Diligent Mom\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4214\/34886424910_6231463039_z.jpg\" alt=\"How to Become an Amazingly Diligent Mom\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we watch diligence webinars or attend diligence workshops, we have a tendency to think in terms of how we can teach our kids to be more diligent.<\/p>\n<p>I have written and spoke about this extensively&#8230;.check out&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/children-chores-creating-a-balance-of-independent-work-vs-working-with-you\/\">Children &amp; Chores: Creating A Balance of Independent Work Vs. Working With You<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wondering-wednesday-children-chores\/\">Wondering Wednesday: Children &amp; Chores<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkstore.com\/product\/age-appropriate-printable-chore-posters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Age-Appropriate Chore Posters [download]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkstore.com\/product\/independent-check-sheets-for-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Independent Work Lists [download]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But just like everything else that we want to help our children develop, diligence must first be in us!<\/p>\n<p>I have spent the past three decades trying to become more efficient, more organized, more productive&#8230;.and, yes, more diligent.<\/p>\n<p>I have learned some benchmarks to test my own diligence. I have also learned some tricks to become more diligent\u2014just a few here and there!<\/p>\n<p>Guess what? The better we get at working in our homes&#8230;the more diligent we become&#8230;.the more thorough and organized we are&#8230;.the better our homes run.<\/p>\n<p>True story.<\/p>\n<p>So check out my video below and consider what diligence changes you can make this summer!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XmyYwd0ZI4Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 43px; left: 339px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we watch diligence webinars or attend diligence workshops, we have a tendency to think in terms of how we can teach our kids to be more diligent. 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