How to Get Your Kids to do Chores

How to Get Your Kids to do Chores

Tricks to Get Your Kids to Help with a Quick-Clean of Your Home

by Lorraine Brock

Having an organized plan to get something done is the first step to making it happen. Without a plan, there is usually chaos and a series of sporadic tasks that rarely lead to completed projects. This scenario is true even for household chores.

Chores may not be fun, but they have to be done

Let’s talk today about how to teach kids the importance of being responsible and contributing members of their household and accepting chores that are appropriate. The truth is that for most kids, chores are not fun. Even adults do not necessarily enjoy chores, but at least we realize that if we do not wash the dishes, we will not be eating off of clean plates. Kids, on the other hand, would just use their fingers as utensils and the counter tops as plates!

3 Ways to Encourage Kids to Clean Up After Themselves

Making Kids Chores a Part of Everyday Life

Guest post from D’TaRelle Tullis from PitterPatterFeet.com

1. Create the Habit Early

I once went to a coworker’s house who had a small daughter. Her daughter was around 2 or 2 1/2. We walked into her home together and she had not had any time to clean up or straighten the house before I came. When I walked into the house with her and her daughter I was shocked! I couldn’t believe my eyes! Her home was spotless and organized! You would have thought she lived there alone and that she didn’t have not a single child.