Monday, February 22, 2010

Chores

Karl and I have decided to assign Brady chores. Although we rarely use the word chores, needless to say she has them. Here is the best part...SHE LOVES THEM!! Her chores are to carry the dishes from the dinner table and place them on the counter and to clean up her dollhouse each night. It is great to have her enthusiastically helping out around the house already.

We have chosen not to do a sticker chart for chores since she loves to do it and we want her just think of it as part of her everyday routine. We use lots of positive reenforcement. On the rare occasion that she refuses to clean up her dollhouse and a parent has to do it, then it gets put away for a day, and you know from previous posts that is a very sad day for BOO.

Another great part about it, is her feeling included in doing adult activites. It makes her want to help out in other ways. This is a picture of her helping Daddy clean the bathrooms, another favorite thing for her...

1 comment:

  1. My two love helping too! Since being pregnant, they have helped me in so many ways!!!! From carrying laundry and putting it in the washer/dryer, to picking up things off the floor, to cleaning up the house...I'm so glad that they like helping!

    PS. We don't call it chores either. As a part of the family, we work as a team to keep our house straight:)

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