| When my husband was in college, a number
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| | pick up litter in the
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| of his fellow students were bringing
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| | yard.Kindergartners: sweep small areas
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| their dirty laundry home, and Mom was
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| | with a dustpan and broom; clean bathroom
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| coming once a month to clean their room.
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| | sinks; hang up the towel after a bath;
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| This wasn't because they were lazy, but
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| | store bath toys; help in the kitchen
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| they simply didn't know how to do the
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| | (stirring, tearing lettuce, etc. - no
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| laundry or house cleaning!Don't let your
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| | knife yet!); set the napkins and
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| children become like those students...
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| | silverware on the table; clear dishes
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| Apart from the fact that teaching your
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| | from the table (depends on your child,
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| children house and other chores prepare
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| | you know if they risk breaking them or
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| them for life on their own, they're also
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| | not); help load the dishwasher;
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| chores that you don't need to do! I
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| | straighten plastic dishes in a cabinet;
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| know, I know, it takes time to teach them
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| | help straighten pots and pans; sort
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| how to do it, and there will be quite a
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| | family members' clean laundry; dust
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| few times when you will need to finish
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| | furniture; strip linens from beds;
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| the job behind them, but once they know,
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| | straighten books on a bookshelf; put game
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| you will never need to do it again until
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| | and puzzle pieces in correct storage
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| they leave... And, at least until they
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| | containers; use a lint remover to pick up
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| reach eight or so, they will be proud to
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| | pet hair on furniture; tidy up their
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| be entrusted with "big people" tasks.So,
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| | room.Younger Elementary School Kids: Make
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| what tasks can be safely delegated to
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| | beds (any of them); take out garbage;
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| your children? It depends on their age,
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| | sweep stairs and walks; clean the car
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| but there are things they can do as early
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| | and help wash it; vacuum their own room;
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| as 2 years old. Below is a list of tasks
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| | sort and straighten toys; fold and put
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| by age group:Toddlers: Can dust with an
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| | away laundry; empty the dishwasher; feed
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| electromagnetic cloth or baby wipe; Spray
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| | and care for pets; set and clean the
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| and scrub the sink and bathtub with water
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| | table (but only with unbreakable dishes
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| and a sponge; pick up toys or other floor
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| | and cups at this point); sort clothes for
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| clutter and put them in baskets or bins -
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| | washing.Older Elementary School Kids:
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| if the baskets are labeled with pictures,
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| | Clean bathroom mirrors; vacuum; clean
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| they can even put the right toys in the
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| | toilets; clean countertops and the
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| right container! At this point, anything
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| | kitchen sink; mop small-area floors; use
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| you give them to do except putting the
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| | the washer and dryer; wash, dry and put
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| toys away will be more to give them
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| | away dishes; clean pet areas; clean
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| something to do while you are cleaning,
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| | cobwebs and dust in high places with a
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| but they will try to do their best if you
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| | pole; sweep the garage; set and clean the
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| take the time to teach them, and it will
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| | table (by the end of elementary school,
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| seem natural to them when they graduate
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| | they usually are able to do it with
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| to more complex tasks.Preschoolers: Sweep
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| | regular dishes and glasses).Teenagers:
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| with kid-size broom; spray and squeegee
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| | Can do everything you do, except for the
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| windows using lemon- or vinegar-water
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| | most intensive jobs, or the ones using
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| (inside windows only, please!); use a
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| | noxious products, such as deep-cleaning
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| handheld vacuum; wipe sinks using baby
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| | of the oven, or removing mold from the
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| wipes; empty a small trash basket into a
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| | bathroom tiles.So, when will you sit down
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| bigger bag; scrub corners of kitchen
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| | and create a chore chart for your
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| chairs or other small spaces using a
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| | children? What chores will you assign to
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| clean toothbrush or nail brush and a cup
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| | each, depending on their ages? What will
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| of water; make beds (preferably with a
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| | you do with the time you are saving this
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| comforter, it's easier for them); fold
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| | way?Karin Vibe-Rheymer-Stewart, Ph.D.,
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| towels; put clothes in drawers; hang
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| | helps busy women reclaim time and achieve
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| clothes on hooks; put dirty clothes in
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| | work/life balance through whole-life time
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| hamper; help feed animals; wipe off
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| | management, in other words everything
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| baseboards, windowsills with small cloth
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| | that affects your use of time. She works
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| or wearing old socks on their hands; help
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| | through one-on-one coaching, group
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| wipe up spills; dry unbreakable dishes;
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| | coaching, seminars and talks.
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