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Maybe you’re wondering as a parent if it is reasonable entrusting a child with household chores. After all, it’s an adults’ responsibility to manage the entire household. However, giving your child some housework is one of the most important things you will ever give.
The younger you involve your children in helping with household chores, the easier you will teach them to clean and deal with simple to complex tasks later on in their lives. In addition, children growing up in a nurturing environment will likely show positive habits, responsibility and gain important life skills that will definitely serve them well all throughout their lifetime.
When introducing a household chore to your children, make sure that they are suitable for their level of development and comprehension.
- Preschooler
- School-age children
- Tweens
- Teenagers
These are some helpful techniques in getting the kids to clean including a list of chores that is appropriate for different ages.
Be specific in giving instructions
As much as possible, give a step by step instructions or directions to your child especially if the child is a preschooler. Generalised tasks apply to tweens and teenagers.
As for the younger child, give detailed instruction such as:
- “Fold your blanket”
- “Put your t-shirt in the yellow box”
- “Put your pants in the green basket”
Keep it short and realistic
This technique even works for adults as well. A household chore will always sound overwhelming. However, you must emphasise that every mess needs to be cleaned up.
Encourage your child to start with a small and simple task. Instead of dreading when cleaning day comes, your child will achieve a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day.
Never set your expectations
Involving your toddlers and school-age children in tidying up is not always perfect. When you ask your child to pick up his or her toys, some pieces will wind up somewhere and some will get left behind.
Keep in mind that the point of getting your child involved with cleaning in the first place is to teach them to be responsible and instil good habits that will help them later on in life.
Motivate and reward
It is quite easy to motivate young children to ask them to help clean the house with the right approach. Some parents develop a reward system. For instance, when a child completes his or her chores, the child can get some points or stickers. Once the child reaches a certain amount of points or stickers, the child can get a reward.
Conclusion
Children love to create a mess but asking them to get it cleaned up, they will not like it so much. Some parents would choose to preserve the childhood years for as long as possible. Some enjoy creating moments with their children through household chores.
Getting your child involved in the household clean up is quite exhausting, especially if you have other things to attend to, such as office work. But, teaching them at a young age to get around the house is as important as teaching your child a life lesson that they will carry all throughout their lifetime.
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