Fix It First

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Hi Friends and Members this one was sent to me from my sister and I thought this may help you. Our family has turned an old-fashioned 'lost art' into a modern way of saving money! We often lamented the fact that our children had not learned the art of making do and fixing things, the way it was done 'in our day'. So we came up with what we call our 'Family Challenge'. Whenever something breaks in our house these days, we have a friendly competition to see who can fix it! Where necessary my husband stands by, giving hints or suggestions, especially to the younger ones. There is praise all round when a solution is found - often with advice from a hardware store. Our children now have a knowledge of tools that they otherwise would never have had. We had thought of offering a cash incentive for extra encouragement but have found instead that the satisfaction and praise from us is enough - in fact, they actually sometimes ASK if anything has broken that they can fix!