038: The Immense Benefit of Kids Doing Chores, Despite Your Frustration
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself
[Henry Ford]
Kids, can you help me clear up the dinner table please?
Guys, did you hear me?
Would you mind helping to clear up?
Hey, I’m speaking to you.
Come and help clear up.
How many times do I have to ask?
Kids! Come and clear up the dinner table.
N O W!!!
Getting kids to help with the chores is painful to say the least. In fact, given the choice, pulling out my teeth with rusty pliers seems like a good option.
But getting your brood to help around the house is not only beneficial to them, it’s beneficial to you.
It will test your patience to the max, but you’ll reap the rewards in the long-run.
In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the benefits of getting your kids to help around the house, and how as the mum, you can program your own mind to achieve it.
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This weeks challenge:
Tell me what you think?
Tell me in the comments. What job did you get your child to do? Did they kick up a fuss, or just get on with it?
Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you as much as possible
Hope you enjoy the show.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes:
ARTICLE: Why Children Need Chores by Jennifer Breheny Wallace for the Wall Street Journal
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Lisa York
Lisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she’s trying.
Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Lisa York
Lisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she’s trying.
Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.