In the first 2 parts of this series in answer to a reader’s question, ““I would LOVE to hear some tips on how to get the kids to do their chores. You know, without making me turn into the Wicked Witch of the West???â€, I wrote about 2 fundamental principles:
1. Stop Nagging!
2. The right way [...]
Last week, I wrote Part 1 in answer to a reader’s question, “I would LOVE to hear some tips on how to get the kids to do their chores. You know, without making me turn into the Wicked Witch of the West???”
There are many good techniques you can use to get your kids to do [...]
With parents getting laid off work, teens are working to help the family pay bills.Â
“On top of a busy school calendar that includes homework, extracurricular activities and friends, Moyo works as much as he can. He’s not bitter, just grown.
‘I think it’s preparing me for the real world.’’”
This is one of the positive effects of [...]
“Hey mom, I cut myself an apple and ate the whole thing.”
My son has never been known to eat more than a slice, a thin slice, of an apple when he was at home.
Now that he is living on his own at college, he is cooking for himself, and cutting up apples for himself.
“You like [...]
Would you rather clean the house or go shopping? Would you choose washing dishes over watching TV?
No one prefers work over pleasure – not you, and certainly not your kids. So it really should come as no surprise that our children will find every excuse to procrastinate doing their homework or chores. Don’t we as [...]
Much of real life happens outside the home, isn’t that right?
To help our teenagers in their growth towards adulthood in the real world, we need to help them get a job – a real job, in the real world.
In a previous post, I talked about the benefits of a job. Most likely than not, your [...]
Do you have assigned chores for your children?
How do you decide which chores they are to do? Based on age and the difficulty of the task they can handle? I have another suggestion on how to decide on chores for your children to do.
Assign chores based on unique talents
While there are some jobs that [...]
