Comments on: How do you handle kids and chores?

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:02:25 +0000

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By: Teresa M.

Teresa M. — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:00:15 +0000

I have 3 sons who are now 16, 18 and 20. When they were younger I always found it easier and less of a hassle to just to do most things myself. This is my biggest regret as a parent. My kids are great: kind, respectful, smart and funny. But they are SLOBS! They will pitch in now if they have too, but never think to do anything on their own, even pick up after themselves. So I don’t know if a chart would work, but I would find something that did. I would also not tie chores to an allowance or monetary award, but try to make any reward more intrinsic. For example, if the kids did a good job of doing their chores during the week, do something fun with them on the weekend, letting them know that you have the time and energy to do that because everyone in the family helped out.

Teresa M.

By: poker

poker — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:56:58 +0000

My boy is still small and we have not asked him to any chores, specifically. But we do ask him to clean up his toys. He does want to bring out the rubbish so far

By: herpes

herpes — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:43:19 +0000

Chore charts are great. But you really have to do some major followup and discipline training to get it to work.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:50:34 +0000

Thanks for hte chore site. We are at that age where chores need to become part of the routine for our little ones. Stephs last blog post..Weekend update