Ok, i have 5 children and out of those 5 only the 19month old like to help empty the dishwasher
I need my children to take their chores/jobs on board and get on with it rather than fight me all the way.
What is the fairest way to assign chores? We get confused to 'whose turn' it is as DH and i will ask different children to do different things etc and not realise.
I have a 14, 12, 9 and 6 yr old that are all capable of doing jobs. Kind of jobs we have are:
Emptying dishwasher
Emptying bins
Clearing table
Setting table
I dont ask them all the time to tidy rooms etc but any 'ongoing jobs' like clothes in laundry, make beds also need to be tackled. They literally moan if asked to do anything and if i threaten to remove phones/xboxes etc the job doesnt get done anyway because they are stroppy... whats the best way to get them onside with the job thing?
They dont get pocket money as we pay for a lot of clubs and they have treats they would spend money on anyway IYGWIM.
DH and i are fed up of asking them to do stuff and getting the answer 'its not my turn' or 'i'll do it later' or the classic 'why should i?'
Any simple replies to the last one that are to the point and will shut the lazy monkeys up (mainly the 2 older ones!!) would also be much appreciated.
So what do you do in your household?
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