I’ve written about chores here before. In the spirit of being honest, I have to tell you we abandoned Chore Wars shortly after trying it. There were 3 problems: 1) –Me. I hate having to log in separately for each boy to keep track of his tasks; heck, I hate tracking […]
Do You Tie Chores to Allowance?
May 16th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Behavior · Home · Parenting · housekeeping
“But I Hate To”
May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Our house is generally clean and neat, but I know it’s in need of certain attentions: Hand-me-downs lurk in a closet, waiting to be sorted and tried on. The kitchen longs for reorganization. The playroom toys pine to be sorted through and rotated. The checkbook screams to be balanced; the computers groan for an operating […]
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A Clean Home is… a Home I Don’t Live In
May 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments
All right, I’m taking a poll: how many of you think you have a clean house? How many of you clean your homes (maybe not in every nook and cranny, but pretty much top to bottom) every week?
Honestly now!
Because the truth is, I am an awful housekeeper. I hate it. I get no joy out […]
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