Let’s face it! Getting our kids to do their chores can be extremely frustrating for parents. We have to constantly remind them or they don’t get done. Our kids complain and try to negotiate with us to either do their chores later or not to do them at all. And they don’t take pride in …
Getting Older Kids to do their Chores with Less Frustration Read More »
When our kids are little, we focus on lots of fundamentals with them. We make sure they say please and thank-you when it’s appropriate. We teach them table manners. We tell them about how important it is to obey Mommy and Daddy right away and with a smile. And after a while, we rejoice because …
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Well, the first several weeks of our summer homeschool schedule are under our belt and they went pretty well. You may recall that I wrote in a previous blog post about how this summer we planned to have a Life Skills Boot Camp of sorts for our boys. The First Week of Boot Camp The first …
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Overview: Does getting your kids to do their chores without nagging seem like a pipe dream? If so, here are some ideas which should help! Having our kids do chores should theoretically make things easier for everyone around the house. However, getting our kids to do their chores can be a painful process. Quite often, it …
Are You the Mom or the Maid? Getting Kids to Do Chores WITHOUT Nagging Read More »
Not surprisingly, CHORES is one of the hot topics on our website. In todays culture, many parents experience a strong push to involve their children in so many extracurricular activities that they are busy from the moment they wake up until they go back to sleep at night. It has become increasingly hard to avoid …
Overview: Should kids do chores? Amazingly, this has become a controversial question. Even though kids are busy doing ALL THE THINGS it’s important for them to learn LIFE SKILLS. Here’s why I feel it’s beneficial for kids to have chores! Should kids do chores? In modern society, more and more parents are starting to believe that …
