boys need to work

It is a cloudy monday (holiday) morning, and I have just managed to convince all four of my boys that it is their duty to get out in the field and help their father pick rocks. This was not an easy task, but if you know exactly what motivates each of them, it's not as difficult as it may seem.
I find that alot of parenting and discipline has to do more with what kind of willingness a parent has in making the effort to do what he/she needs to do as a parent, than whether or not it should actually be done. It is alot easier to let the kids stay inside playing on the xbox, computer, or watching tv, than it is to get them out the door to do physical labour. When you are tired, it's just plain simpler to do everything on your own than it is to make them get off of their butts and do it themselves.
Parents with two or less children seem to fall into this trap more easily than larger families, because they actually can "do everything". Those of us with larger families realize that we can't, and therefore the motivation to get the kids to help out is elevated.
Although my boys are inherantly lazy, and there have been numerous times that I too have been too lazy to get them to do what I know that they should, I am now seeing the fruits of the times I've actually done the right thing, got them off their butts, and have therefore taught them the meaning of work. Not only will they eventually be more successful in the adult "work world" because of it, but hey...............................those rocks may even get picked!