Why Teaching Your Children to Do the Chores will Save Your Sanity

Dad hack #4โ€” Train the kids early to help clean ๐Ÿงผ ๐Ÿงฝ around the house (it gives me time to post more #dadhacks ๐Ÿ™‚)

Avila and a broom
The Muffin Miscreant doing community service to atone for her shenanigans.

This summer my wife and I taught our kids how to:

๐Ÿงบ Fold the laundry

๐Ÿ—‘ Take out the garbage

๐Ÿงฝ Load the dishwasher

๐Ÿ˜œ Battle the shenanigans of their 18 month old sister

It took a lot of time, patience, modeling good behaviors, and reteaching but Iโ€™m glad we did.

Teaching kids chores result in:

โœจTeamwork

โœจLearning a mop was not something you hit your brother in the head with (my daughter may or may not have done this)

โœจ More gratitude

โœจInstill a good work ethic

โœจPlay/work balance

How did chores play a role in your childhood and later professional work?

What was your favorite chore (mine was drying the dishesโ€” my brother and I usually made my sister wash ๐Ÿ™‚)?

Thank you for sharing!
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