Community Chat

[Lindsays Grandma]

#1.  Good morning darlings!. 

       Can't find your phones?

       So sorry.  If you do a

       thorough job cleaning the

       bathroom, their location

       will be revealed.

                               Love, Mom                             

#2.  Me again.  Nice job cleaning. 

        Your phones are in a place

        you've never likely seen -

        the bottom of your hamper. 

        Unfortunately they are

        dead.   Empty the dishwasher

        to reveal the location of the

        chargers.

#3.   Don't you just love treasure

         hunts? The chargers are in

         the EMPTY cereal box one of

         you put in the pantry.  

#4.   Having fun yet?  Take out

        the trash and recycling and

        come find me to get the new

         Wi-Fi password.

***And my 5th grade teacher said I "lacked creativity."

      How do you like me now Mrs. Wells? 

[Kachina624]

Sounds like a fun, effective thing to try.  I'd be interested in knowing how it works.  No kids here for experimentation.

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Sounds like a fun, effective thing to try.  I'd be interested in knowing how it works.  No kids here for experimentation.

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@Kachina624...My adult granddaughter in NJ sent that one, no mention if she or anyone else has tried it.  Sounds pretty good to me, maybe a poster will try it and let us know if it works.

[dex]

Really cute and creative for sure.I Just gave up asking my son to do chores at home.He keeps his own home orderly now that he has one and gets after me when I visit if I leave things on the counter.LOL.

[Lucky Charm]

That's cute.

But seriously, kids should be responsible for doing household chores long before they have their own cell phones.

If that's something that wasn't understood/delegated at an early age, Mom and Dad's fault!

[SahmIam]

Hmmm.......

[Jinlei]

Why do kids have to be bribed to do anything? You are the parent, they should do as they are told. I am 58 and when I and my siblings were told to do something we did it, no whining and no bribing. What is wrong with parents today? Who is the boss? I forget parents all want to be their kids best friend. I know times are different, but kids are not adults.

[jeanlake]

We didn't bribe but set expectations with consequences. News flash -- the two children who struggled with organization and motivation grew up to be adults with messy cars and homes. The busy, organized, self-motivated child is debt free and schedules her busy life so she can get things done, even with 2 children and husband. 

I do wonder if it's a personality thing. Some personalities take a lot of prodding.   

[chiclets]

Um, you do not ask children to do chores, you tell them the chores they are responsible for.  You do not reward them for doing the chores but you do recognize them for doing it, but that does not mean they receive a reward for doing it.  When chores are not done then they will have to answer for it with some sort of punishment, the  consequence should fit the lack of chore.

And, a NO means no.  Rules, structure, family values are important and it starts in the home home.  If there is no respect in the home there is little respect outside of it. 

Children learn from what they observe and hear.  You can not control the outside world but you can control your environment in your home.  No parent is perfect and no child is perfect.  A family loves, shares, learns, teaches, has safety and respect.  In the end, we can only hope we did the best we could.

But hey, my time was not the time of today's world.  I thought the post was "cute".

[ROMARY]

 Nothing better than watching a two or three year old, sweeping with toy broom and dust pan. 

Helping mom at an early age is gratifying for mom and, better yet, for the child, too.

Making their own bed, etc. 

'Every little bit helps'.