Kids and Chores April 3, 2008
For the past year I feel like all I’ve been doing is cleaning up after 3 people (kids and hubby). I just don’t have time to do it anymore so last month I put together a chore chart for each child. I tried a chore chart with hubby but he looked at me like I was crazy so I don’t think he is on board. Can I change my husband, probably not since he keeps telling me that I knew how he was before I married him (okay whatever dude, lol). But I can guide my kids in the right direction though!
My kids love to do chores with mom. I reward them with stickers and they jump up and down when I put a new sticker on their board so I think this works for us! If they keep up on their chores and help me out then every Wednesday we go to the public library after school. They get to pick out 2 books and if they did all the chores then they also get a movie. It’s a fun and FREE reward system.
I found a great article that helped me figure out what each child could do on their own. I have a 4 yr old that thinks she can do everything big brother can do so I had keep that in mind too. :):
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=546
Start young, good idea. Unfortunately my kids are 11 and 8 and I probably blew it because I didn’t get them on any routine when they were young. Now they’re totally spoiled and expect Mom to do it all - lol. Maybe it’s not to late to start!