Are your kids helping you around the house enough or do they just kick back with a nice glass of milk and watch some Cartoons while you slave away?
Well, not only are chores a great way to teach your children responsibility and to make them proud of a job well done, but, it is a great way to take some stress off you by doing everything yourself.
Whether it's packing the dishwasher or unloading it or lawn mowing duties over the weekend, get your children to be apart of the daily routine to keep the house and their rooms tidy.
We all need to feel needed and to know that we're making a contribution, even kids. But they can't feel that way if they don't have chores and make contributions to the family, says parenting expert Jim Fay.
Here are some tips to get your kids to catch the bait and get on board with their new chores:
Patience is key
Don't be to hard on them the first time they don't do it right. Show them over and over and compliment or encourage them to try again. If they don't fold the laundry correctly, make a game out of it to see what sibling can fold the most laundry correctly the fastest.
The key is to try and make it fun for them and seem less than a chore.
Never too young or too old
If you feel your kids are ready to take on more responsibility in the house, get that ball rolling as soon as possible. There is no specific age that chores can start and your kids are smarter than they appear sometimes. They can start off with little chores like packing away their own clothes or washing their dish after dinner.
Encourage and reward
Make the reward part of chores the biggest part to encourage them to do it thorough and fast. Encourage them during their chore and maybe give half of the reward up front and the other half after it has been done.
Also make a chores/rewards chart to stick to the refrigerator to see what reward they get for what chores, you can mix it up each week to keep things interesting.
Consistency
It's crucial to keep to a strict schedule and have chores on a weekly basis so that they can get use to the flow of things, don't give them one chore today and then five in a few weeks time. Stick to the chart and make it a routine. This way it will become muscle memory.
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