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aamita


 
 
kids and chores
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on Oct 17, 2013 (Read 4183 times | Comments: 16)
I am a mom of 6 kids, I'm trying to teach my kids to help me around the house, how to make them do one thing
summerdawne
summerdawne
on Oct 24, 2013 Quote  »     Reply  »

How old are your kids? Knowing that would help give a baseline for what you expect from them. I own a daycare center & always have the kids in charge of chores. I also have my own kids do chores. What are you looking to have them help you with?
vvilarruel
vvilarruel
on Oct 25, 2013 Quote  »     Reply  »

It does depend on the age however both my husband and I work full time we have 3 children ages 16, 13 and 4. The 16 and 13 year old are boys they both help do chores anything from sweeping, mopping, cleaning the bathroom, washing dishes, mowing the lawn and feeding the dogs. Now everything except for the feeding the dogs is not always assigned to them it all depends on weather they are in school or on break if they are on break then they have time to help if not school comes first. Feeding the dogs, washing their own clothes and cleaning their room is a must and must be done as needed. However they tend to do it mostly on the weekends except the dogs they fill up the bowls when they are empty. My 4 year old picks up her own room she does a decent job I had to work with her at first and show her how to separate and where she needs to put each item and how it constricts her play time when she has a mess. She also helps wipe down counters when I do house cleaning.
ROKinBrie
ROKinBrie
on Oct 31, 2013 Quote  »     Reply  »

I bought Melissa and Doug's wooden Responsibility Chart for my 6 year old. It is great! It has your basic chores: clean room, put laundry in washer, set the table, but it also has things such as: Say please and thank you, keep your hands to yourself, no whining, etc. It also has 2 blank ones that you can write your own Responsibility on with a dry erase marker. We switch out responsibilities each week and it really has helped my son. He can look at it daily and see what he did and didn't do each day. Then we can talk about why he didn't do certain things.
aamita
aamita
on Nov 02, 2013 Quote  »     Reply  »

I have an 11 year old a 9-year-old a 7 year old and a four year old, my oldest is the one that doesn't want to help you with anything .
proudarmywife
proudarmywife
on Mar 26, 2014 Quote  »     Reply  »

I have a 16, 12,10, and 7 year old all girls. Chores are something that always seems to be an issue around our home too, however I came up with a system that seems to work well for us which is a chart. I got a dry erase calender with a memo side and a day of the week side. On the memo side I would put each Child's name and under that a chore I expect them to complete daily, such as pick up dirty cloths, make bed, and wipe down counter and stove (an example for my older ones). Then on the calender side I put on individual days things I expect them to do such as since I have 4 very messy girls and they share a bathroom, I have broken up the chore of cleaning it, for example one child will have clean bathroom sink and mirrors and so on. There always seems to be an argument about dinner dishes as well so I assign a night for dishes for them as well, and by the end of the week on Sundays we rotate the chores. I also have a reward system with age appropriate treasures upon completion.
6pennies
6pennies
on Jul 28, 2014 Quote  »     Reply  »

I myself have a 19 month old, 5 yr old, 7 yr old, 8yr old, 10yr old and a 19yr old and giving them each a task to do is like telling an elephant to move over. I have tried everything and the bad part of it all its only the 8yr old girl who mess up the most and worst
reddjenkins
reddjenkins
on Jul 29, 2014 Quote  »     Reply  »

I think once you are three or for you should start gaining chores. It teaches responsibility. All kids should have chores.
ambulerr
ambulerr
on Aug 04, 2014 Quote  »     Reply  »

I give my four year old simple chores. I had to work with him, however now he helps fold clothes, set the table, and even sweep the floor. We try and make it more of a game. Both of my children know if they help me, we can play longer.
kiki23
kiki23
on Aug 06, 2014 Quote  »     Reply  »

The best way to have your kids help you around the house is positive reinforcement! When you first want to get them started on the chores, do the chores with them and show them what a reward it can be to do something! Always encourage by saying "you are doing great!" or " I have never seen such a good job before!" My kid goes bonkers when I say she has done a good job. She will go on to the next chore without even asking! Once they have established the chores routine, then you can relax and watch the magic happen!
Lori_pooh
Lori_pooh
on Dec 19, 2015 Quote  »     Reply  »

Hi everyone I'm new to the site. I'm a mom of four boys. Their ages are 7,5,3 and 1. Asking the two oldest boys to help me do stuff around the house like clean up your room or clean up the toy room or even take your toys back to the toy room is like asking our pet dog to cook supper. Its not going to happen. And I hate going shopping with the 7,5 and 3year old because they will not stay with me. Its like taking a pack of wild dogs to the grocery store. Does anyone have any advice they could give me on how to make them behave and how to do what I ask them to do?
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