Some day I feel like our house grows socks.
Like, during the night, seeds get planted, and then in the morning, socks have sprouted.
Shoes and coats as well.
Do you struggle at all to get your kids to pick-up after themselves and to do their daily chores?
Do you struggle to even know what chores they should be doing?
Join us today as we discuss conflict-free chores with kids.
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In this episode:
- The real reason it’s important to get your kids involved in chores (spoiler alert: it’s not so you can have the laundry put away correctly!)
- How chores in the Western world differ from those in other parts of the globe
- Conflict-free ways to get kids doing chores on a regular basis
- Where we went wrong (in regard to family chores anyways) (other ways we went wrong will be tackled as we continue to publish episodes)
- Ideas for appropriate chores for 2-4 year olds
- Chore ideas for 5-10 year olds
- Chris’s childhood chores
- Sarah’s greatest motivator as a child to get her chores done
Items of interest:
- A hypothesis regarding children and chores “Talking Trash or Taking it Out“
- On the Virtues of Making Your Children Do the Dishes
- Chores Wars
- Our private FB community full of more meaningful discussions with parents doing things their own way