Part VI: Conquer the Space Invaders

WHEN CHILDREN PLAY HOUSE they are making little spaces that mimic grown-up ones: little offices, little kitchens, little tool benches. As your children start to need their own space, you can help them create functional areas at school and home: space to create, space to learn and study, and space to relax. Creating a functional space for your child helps to set her up for success and make it easier for her to focus on tasks at hand.

A certain amount of chaos and clutter is inevitable when you have school-aged children. But once you have what you need in the right place, and you have a system for keeping schoolwork flowing from home to school and back again, you will be able to conquer those space invaders.

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
—DENIS WAITLEY, PRODUCTIVITY CONSULTANT