One Way to Get Your Children to Help at Home

If listening to the story of the Buffalo Public School Teachers spending $9 million on cosmetic surgery at the expense of tax payers wasn't enough, I ran across an eBook on Amazon this morning titled "77 Ways to Get Your Kids to Help at Home (77 Ways to Parent Series)." I'm thinking, "What in the world is going on?"

As a child, when I was told to do something, I just did it. My parents didn't have to devise 77 ways to get me to do it. I just did it.Why is it that, in this day, we need tactics and tricks to get our children to do what they're supposed to do - what we ask of them? Am I effectively training my children for the real world, the work force, by tactically "getting" them to help out at home? Their employers won't tolerate tactical approaches to getting work done when there's a deadline that needs to be met. Getting the children to help at home is absolutely not something I'm willing to use a tactical approach for.

So I'm going to share one way to get your children to help at home. It worked for my grandmother, my mother, and it works for me. That is, tell your children that it's their responsibility to help you around the house. They are a part of the family and everyone in the family has to help. Give them their appropriate responsibilities and give them a consequence when they don't follow through. Enough said?

If you want to check out the eBook. It's free on Amazon. I haven't read it but the title itself is just not appealing to me.