Step Three: Accountability

We all need it. Accountability is what keeps us moving forward and not stagnating in one place. For many having children is enough. After having children you are accountable to them for teaching them and providing them the appropriate life experiences. For others, perhaps a little more external influence is needed. Because of our circumstances, in the early years occasionally my husband and I would decide that it's just too much trouble to go to church on Sunday morning, or to a birthday party on Saturday afternoon, or to the school social on Monday night. We may have been justified in that decision, but we were also depriving our children of much needed life experiences. So, our solution to this was to start volunteering for things. My husband is the Sunday School Director at church, and I, until this year, was a Sunday School teacher. By volunteering for these positions we gained accountability. We no longer had the option of staying home when we just didn't feel like going. We were required to be there and no matter what, we were going! This is not necessarily the solution for everyone, but my main point is that your children need the exposure to the outside world, and even though it is difficult at times, you need to get them out in it. If you are like us and require a little extra help in motivating you to get out there, then be a volunteer and gain that external accountability.