Mom to Mom

SPEAKER 1: DO YOUR KIDS HATE CHORES JUST AS MUCH AS MINE DO? MY KIDS ARE EIGHT AND SIX AND WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING INTO TEACHING CHORES. IN HINDSIGHT, I WISH I HAD STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. A TWO-YEAR OLD CAN START WITH EASY CHORES SUCH AS CLEANING UP THEIR ROOM, GETTING THEIR SOCKS OUT OF THEIR DRAWERS AND ATTEMPTING TO PUT THEM ON BY THEMSELVES, PUTTING THE DIRTY CLOTHES IN THE HAMPER.
SPEAKER 1: THOSE ARE ALL EASY THINGS THAT A TWO-YEAR OLD CAN DO AND GIVE THEMSELVES A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. AS THE KIDS GET OLDER THE CHORES CAN BECOME A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND THEY CAN TAKE ON SOME OF MOM’S CHORES AND GIVE MOM A LITTLE MORE FREE TIME. CHORES SUCH AS FOLDING THEIR CLOTHES, HELPING YOU DO THE LAUNDRY, DRESS THEMSELVES, PICK OUT THEIR OWN CLOTHES.
SPEAKER 1: THEY CAN HELP YOU SET THE TABLE, AND HELP YOU LOAD THE DISHWASHER OR PUT THE DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK AND MAKE THEIR BED IN THE MORNING. SO LITTLE THINGS THAT THE MOMS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN DO FOR YOU. WITH CHORES, IT ALWAYS COMES WITH AN INCENTIVE WHETHER THAT BE A MONETARY INCENTIVE, WHETHER THAT IS A SCREEN-TIME INCENTIVE, PLAY TIME, SNACK TIME.
SPEAKER 1: WHATEVER MOTIVATES YOUR CHILD, THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD WORK INTO CHORES. I’D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU’RE DOING AT HOME SO LIKE US ON FACEBOOK AND SEND ME WHAT YOU’RE DOING AT HOME WITH YOUR KIDS AND CHORES. I’LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.