# How To Raise A Child: A Manual

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/family/parenting/how-to-raise-a-child-a-manual/
- Published: 2016-03-14T16:00:27+11:00
- Author: Cherie Bobbins

## _“If you want to know how to raise a child, follow these steps.”_

Or at least, so speaks WikiHow.

[⌊Sahm⌉⌊Sahm⌉[

Yes, the somewhat totally useless online website that believes it can ‘teach you
how to do anything’ is here to teach you how to raise children.�Oh thank heavens
WikiHow, I almost had to rely on my instinct and the advice of generations of actual
human relatives�that had gone before me. Phew!

According to their ‘[How To Raise A Child](http://www.wikihow.com/Raise-a-Child)‘
article, there are four parts to child rearing. Let’s dive in shall we?

## **Part 1: Developing A Healthy Routine**

Ah the healthy routine. Definitely the foundation of any normal family. Never mind
that children are actually tiny Gremlins sent to the planet to destroy any semblance
of order that remains in people’s lives, let’s see what WikiHow has to say about
developing a healthy routine.

**Put Parenting First:** You don’t say WikiHow? Gosh this is news to me. I thought
I was supposed to put all this other stuff ahead of my child! It’s so helpful for
you to clear up that good parents devote time to parenting. I never knew.

**Read To Your Child Every Day:**�Another winner! We thought that feeding and watering
your child on a daily basis was what counted, but if reading is where it’s according
to WikiHow then we’ve been doing it wrong all this time!

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**Eat Dinner As A Family:** Yes, there’s nothing more relaxing than sitting at the
dinner table with your angelic cherubs for a harmonious family meal. Never mind 
that what actually happens is more like the World War 3 of food fighting, a family
dinner is necessary to ‘sustain ideals’. Good to know.

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**Set A Strict Bedtime Routine:** Children need to go to bed at the same time every
night? Are you sure? Because every child I’ve ever met, my own included, seems to
be solely dedicated to the idea of chaotically avoiding bedtime until they collapse
from the sheer exhaustion of driving me crazy… Maybe that’s just me?

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**Encourage Your�****Child To Develop New Skills Every Week:** Every week! I know
kids who can’t even tie their own shoes after months of intense training and you
want me to have them do something new every week?

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**Give Your Child Enough Play Time:** Seriously WikiHow, have you ever met a child?
All children do is have play time. There’s no responsibility when you’re a toddler,
and no difference between the $100 toy grandma bought and the rusty pan they pulled
out of the kitchen cupboard.

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 Cherie Bobbins

 Cherie Bobbins creates an authentic account of motherhood from the front-lines 
with a central theme of empowering other mothers through Cherie's first hand experiences.
Her aim for every piece of content created is to serve someone, sparking them to
exclaim, "OMG, Cherie Bobbins totally gets me, it's exactly what I needed and I 
am not alone!"� Residing in Melbourne, experiencing four seasons in one day, Cherie
has had an overflowing, clean basket of laundry on rotation since January 2015. 
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