Teaching children chores and household responsibility can be a daunting task. Parents using this system of Chores on Demand, instead of a chore chart, can help train children to become responsible adults by being an active participant in the maintaining of the home in which they live.
In the past, families depended on their children to participate in household chores. Today, parents talk as if it’s a chore to require their children to participate in the maintaining of the household. Managing a house full of people is easier today with the addition of household appliances, convenience foods, and for those who can afford it, housecleaners and fast food. It’s a wonder we need help at all. So, why request your children to do chores? Because children need to feel useful, need responsibilities, and need to be trained for adulthood.
“Chores-On-Demand” is a system in which parents daily ask their children to do whatever chore is most pressing and the children are to respond quickly and without complaint. For instance, Bruce comes home with his daughter Allison and notices that the trash and recycling needs to be taken out. He has to start dinner so he says, “Allison, before you get started on your homework, I need you to take the trash and recycling out.” Allison says, “Yes Dad,” and she takes the trash out and 5 minutes later she’s working on her homework. At the end of the week, Allison receives an allowance not only for the chore but also for having listened to and responded to the request of her father. This is a great system for busy families who rarely have a set schedule, parents who are disorganized, or parents who have tried and failed at the chore chart system.
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