Let's face it, kids today want absolutely nothing to do with cleaning the house. At the mere mention of taking the garbage out, kids high tail it out of the house, planning something else to do or somewhere else to be.
So how do you get your kids involved in helping out? It's simple; you give your kids a choice and make it their decision to help out.
When you give a child the choice between what chores they can do, it gives them the sense that they have some control over what they're doing.
Your child will be more likely to fight you if you tell him or her, what is going to be done, rather than asking him or her what he or she would like to do.
For instance your child may like to dust and that's an easy chore for them to do but if you tell them they're going to do the dishes, you are setting yourself and your child up for a battle.
They're still doing some chores they just may not be the one that you think they should be doing at the time. By starting small you can get your kids to do bigger tasks later on. If you have more than one child that you want to help out with chores then you might want to go with the fishbowl technique.
This is where you will write down each tour on a piece of paper and folded up and place it in the fishbowl. You will then have each member of the family choose a piece of paper to see which chore they will get to do for that day.
This helps some everyone does not feel like they're being stuck with the same chore over and over again.
Be sure to use positive feedback where your children are concerned. Most often; parents only recognize the things that their children do wrong.
We tend to forget to point out the good things that they do, therefore it is very important to point out when your child does something good. For instance, you might point out that they did a great job on vacuuming the carpet as it looks really good.
It is important for them to have you point out the good things they do. Make it a point to notice the little efforts that they make. You'll find that by doing this you get a much better response from your children when it comes time to helping out around the house.
Getting your children to help out around the house does not have to be a hard task. You just need to know how to communicate with your children in a manner that they can relate to.
When you get yourself down to their level of thinking, you'll see that it is quite simple to turn the tables and have them asking you if they can help rather than you asking them to help.
