tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post5137488768672065631..comments2023-09-22T07:36:02.136-05:00Comments on Krista Phillips - Author: Simplifying Me: Delegating!Krista Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10772828583379163612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-71970342387863935922012-05-01T08:12:00.428-05:002012-05-01T08:12:00.428-05:00Allowances for chores are hard. On the one hand, ...Allowances for chores are hard. On the one hand, I agree with you that helping keep the household running should be a "given". Buuuuttt, an allowance also helps teach money management (in a time when so many are struggling as adults with budgeting, etc). It also gives you the opportunity to teach things like tithing... So, what to do? Maybe keep their after dinner chores as standard but add a few extra for allowance? (Maybe the bathroom that you mentioned? Or some bigger things that don't need to be done every day like helping wash the car???) Dunno. My kiddos aren't quite old enough for such things yet, so it's nice for me to see how others are doing it.Flossiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655350899792266921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-21665990012262856462012-04-30T13:25:01.633-05:002012-04-30T13:25:01.633-05:00As what I would call "personal chores," ...As what I would call "personal chores," I usually have my kids clean their own rooms and pick up their own things from around the house. Since my oldest is 6, if one of my kids takes initiative to do some cleaning on their own, I try to reward them for it. For example, Abbie picked up the kids' play room all by herself without anyone asking her to do it. (I think she was bored.) She didn't do a perfect job but I took her to the dollar store and let her pick out one thing for herself as an encouragement to continue doing what is right. <br />If my son needs to clean his room, however, I let him know that all activity (video games, tv, etc.) is off limits until he has done it. those kinds of chores are not rewarded because he needs to learn to take responsibility for his own things. They are little steps in the right direction I think. As they get older things will change a bit.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687190167879947372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-15057384833348961252012-04-30T12:56:25.927-05:002012-04-30T12:56:25.927-05:00My children are now 19 and 21, but when they were ...My children are now 19 and 21, but when they were younger, my son was supposed to be our dinner table clean-up guy (clear the table, put away leftovers, etc.) and my daughter was supposed to be the dishes person (rinse dishes, fill dishwasher, etc.). It went ok, but my daughter hated her job. She begged me to let her do the laundry instead. She was about 13 at this time and in no time at all, she was doing the entire family's laundry -- washing, drying, folding/hanging up and delivering to bedrooms. She actually enjoyed doing it and did it until she left home. I have had to reluctantly relearn how to do laundry since she left.... ;) At this point, it is just my 19-year-old son and I at home, since my husband died last summer. There isn't nearly as much work to do, but my son does his own laundry, takes out the trash, mows the grass (at least part of the time), cooks ocassionally, and helps clear the table. So it really did help him to learn all that as a little kid.... Hang in there. I know it is as hard to get a kid to do it as it is to do it yourself, but in the long run it is totally worth the effort to teach them and insist they do it.<br /><br />LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-64734491175164694002012-04-30T12:56:17.827-05:002012-04-30T12:56:17.827-05:00My three boys are 16, 17 and 17
Everyday chores i...My three boys are 16, 17 and 17<br /><br />Everyday chores in the morning before school<br />16 - unload dishwasher<br />17 - vacuum living room and straighten up living room<br />17 - walk dogs, take out trash, and wash tables <br /><br />Every Friday their rooms have to be clean before their weekend can begin.<br /><br />They each have their own laundry basket, if they want me to wash their clothes they must put laundry in the washroom. If not they can do their own.<br /><br />Get rid of anything that you do not use. Clean your house of clutter. Turn your hangers backwards in your closet, as you wear the item turn it the right way. If you have not worn in a year, get rid of it. I am a little OCD, but have gotten better. We still have color coded towels and wash cloths for each person in our home.MisMisWilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992408642730996238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-23539296149364793822012-04-30T08:21:14.186-05:002012-04-30T08:21:14.186-05:00Hey Krista...we recently "revamped" the ...Hey Krista...we recently "revamped" the chores in our house too...and by revamped, I mean I wrote them down and posted them. My girls have always had these chores but it is easy to forget with all the beautiful weather and time spent outside lately. So I wrote down daily and weekly chores and assigned each to a child...Daily chores consist of loading/unloading the dishwasher, picking up their bathrooms, picking up the bonus room, picking up their bedrooms and feeding/watering the animals. <br /><br />Weekly chores consist of cleaning the bathrooms, bedrooms, vacuuming the upstairs (all bedrooms and bonus room), dusting (one child dusts the bonus and guest room, the other two dust their bedrooms) plus whatever their daily chores are for the day....They are also all responsible for bringing their laundry downstairs for me to sort and putting away their clean laundry.<br /><br />Its amazing what a help it has been to me! When they ask me, "Can we go outside to play?" All I have to do is ask if they have done their chores for the day yet....to go check their list. The do the chore(s) then are out the door to play with their friends until dinner time. So my recommendation is a posted chore list with each chore assigned to so their is no arguing over "its your turn" or "I did that last."Marci Owens McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473335286608579396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8885384159016667608.post-80235960764156847122012-04-30T08:06:51.887-05:002012-04-30T08:06:51.887-05:00Krista - so interesting to read how others do it! ...Krista - so interesting to read how others do it! I did read your post last week but didn't comment.<br /><br />Re laundry:<br /><br />I can get laundry done but getting it put up is the bane of my existence. My oldest two have started doing some of their own but not a ton [they're 10 and 8]. My 4yo is actually my best helper there ;).<br /><br />I protested for a long time but a few years ago, I got them all their own mesh hampers. Their clothes go in and I do one load per kiddo. Everything in the same washer with color safe bleach [except my oldest who has very sensitive skin]. I also got those lingerie bags and they put their socks and undies in the bag.<br /><br />Theoretically.<br /><br />My 4yo is, again, best at doing that. The girls? Not so much. But the day after I did her laundry, my 10yo still had no socks so maybe it's gonna sink in.<br /><br />They do help with changing it etc. but the way the shelves etc are it's not reasonable right now for them to do the soap etc. in our front loader.<br /><br />And we're working on the picking up after ourselves thing too. /sigh/ Always complaining "I didn't do it". Yeah. Well I didn't either and I clean up after you guys all the time so quit yer whinin' ;).<br /><br />Praying for the fam to feel better! Hate the yuckiness!Carol Moncadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781336802917396464noreply@blogger.com