Sentences with phrase «by doing chores»

They clip coupons, pay off small loans to families by doing chores and other housework, and have to make day - to - day calls on when, exactly, they can pay their mortgages on a given month.

Pam Mintz, a parenting education coordinator for YMCA Youth and Family Services, in Montgomery County, Md., lectures to parents about having their children, including teenagers, learn to manage money with an allowance and contribute to the household by doing chores.

People whose love language is «Acts of Service» feel loved when their loved ones show their appreciation by doing chores or other odd jobs.

But if your child feels motivated by doing chores for pocket money, go with it.

If your children feel motivated by doing chores for pocket money, go with it.

Whether your kid gets a free allowance or earns it by doing chores, you're probably giving your kid some sort of paycheck for being alive.

Well my advice would be to show responsibility by doing chores without being told, or doing research and talking to one of your parents first getting them to agree and having talk to the other parent.

The practice refers to schools across the state withholding food, providing alternate meals, making students «earn» their lunch by doing chores, or giving students wristbands identifying them as truant if they can't pay for meals.

Get everyone into a routine by doing chores at about the same time every day.

Better yet, have the child earn it by doing chores or extra jobs around the home, or as a reward for a goal or good behaviour.

Preteens are old enough to save money from a weekly allowance or earn it by doing chores around the house, raking leaves, or shoveling snow around the neighborhood.

Of course, she needs to replace the item, either out of her allowance or by doing chores.

Consider giving your child an in - game allowance or encouraging her to earn money for game items by doing chores.

What greater love could someone have for this moribund bride than to tell her she's acting like a silly old cow and to wake up to herself, and then to serve her by doing her chores for her while she seems incapable to do them herself?

Not exact matches

Because, as Lythcott - Haims told Tech Insider: «By making them do chores — taking out the garbage, doing their own laundry — they realize I have to do the work of life in order to be part of life.

And though she can both tidy the house and do the dishes more quickly than he can, they're able to achieve a more efficient division of labour overall by applying the notion of comparative advantage to their chore list.

Designed by Boston - based internal startup Piaggio Fast Forward, its aim is to take the hassle out of lugging heavy items and doing mundane chores such as going to the grocery store.

Frank Wolf did his chores for Virginia's 10th CD; he didn't get re-elected sixteen times by ignoring the home front.

By the time I get all my pending chores and errands done during the day, I am too tired to prep and cook...

Even though I had misplaced my Cuisinart grating disc in the move to St. Paul (I know; I'll get another one) and had to grate the carrots by hand, it was a simple chore and done easily.

It's where Pat climbed a ladder nearly every evening when chores were done and played two - on - two basketball under a low tin roof and two floodlights, on a tongue - and - groove pine floor surrounded by bales of hay, with three older brothers, two of whom would go on to play college sports on scholarship.

* Curiosities about same sex stimulation, I think many men have these curiosities and it messes with them mentally, either they act on it or divulge in gay porn I DO NT THINK THATS TRUE UNLESS THEY ARE IN PRISON * Addiction to porn and / or jacking off ONLY WHEN GETTING IT FROM THEIR WIFE IS SUCH A CHORE * Medical Conditions such as low sex drive, he is older and it has been going down over the years, he has high blood pressure and takes medication, he also has low Vitamin D and takes supplements, he may have some ED issues as well LACK OF SEX COULD CAUSE AS WELL AS BE CAUSED BY THOSE FACTORS * Sexual advances from other woman and him acting on those or seeking out other women for comfort when he is angry and / or depressed A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY * His ADHD doesn't allow him to process issues normally, he is quick to anger, depression, and feeling disrespected that causes his to retreat * He was self raised, came from drug infested household where neglect, torture, and narcissism ruled, and he lost his mother at the age of 7 from drugs, growing up in foster care * I make more money and I control all the money, he is not interested in paying bills at all, this immaculateness him * He is a control freak and sex is his way of controlling me, where he otherwise can't control me as I am more educated and he is more vocational SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE A MATCHED PAIR IN THAT RESPECT.

55 % of working fathers share equally or do most of the domestic chores — and those whose partner does the majority of the housework are significantly more troubled by their work - life balance (Lancaster University Management School / Working Families, 2010)

But, if you're struggling to be able to do that, then add some zing into your life by mixing things up and bringing home some accessories that will not only make your daily life chores easier but also bring a wide smile on your face.

We had to be in the house by dinnertime, do our homework, do our chores, and be polite.

Problem is that I work hard and put in a lot of hours, so when I get home and ask the older kids to help out by doing small chores, I get the rolling of the eyes and the «why do I have to do it» thing.

«a day in the life» is the rambling monologue of a housewife (not a million miles from myself;) juggling with household chores and sorting out the kids, answering the phone while cooking dinner and worrying about the economy — but at the end of the day when the jobs are done, you can escape from everyday worries by going for a run, a bike ride or for a swim — where you're alone to think stuff through or think of nothing at all — and certainly not about the phonebill or the mountain of ironing that needs doing.

You can do this by rewarding their team efforts, for example whenever they complete some chore together, award them with a visit to the zoo, or going to the poll, or some other activity they love.

You still need to do your chores and get home by your curfew.

As for the equal share, my husband spends a little less time with the kids, but he makes more than up for it by doing basically all the household chores at night while I continue studying for exams.

One way to do this is by adding an undesirable or aversive stimulus (e.g., a chore) after they perform the behavior (e.g., hitting their brother).

As for chores, ours sometimes went by the wayside so we could do a fall nature walk to collect leaves and make placemats to surprise Daddy when he came home for dinner.

Here are some suggestions for chores — and how to introduce them — that can be done by elementary school - age -LSB-...]

Sometimes, I feel like the only way for me to do chores around the house or even have some «me» time, is by letting my kids watch their favorite Kids Netflix shows for a little bit.

For example, if they need to be at school by 8:00 AM, you'll need to have them out of bed by 7:00 AM in order to make sure they have ample time to wake up properly, have breakfast, brush their teeth, do any other morning chores, and make it to the bus (or walk to school) on time.

From making meals to folding laundry, doing dishes, and cleaning bathrooms, chores are another opportunity to work side - by - side with your kids.

Chores represent a double parenting win: by building them into your family routine and system, you are equipping your child with essential life skills (you do not want your kid to leave the nest and be clueless about how to toast a bagel or do laundry!)

I love letting my kids play by themselves, do chores around the house and work out their own sibling arguments.

Many unschooled children do not do «chores» mandated by parents.

Prepare a list of chores so that when a friend drops by and asks, «do you need anything?»

Fathers have by no means caught up to mothers in terms of time spent caring for children and doing household chores, but there has been some gender convergence in the way they divide their time between work and home.

Effective consequences may include time - out, loss of privileges, or paying restitution by doing extra chores or loaning a toy to the victim.

Weeding, creating beds, planting seeds and taking care of the worms, compost and bees are all chores done by our students.

You can be close by and keep an eye on the baby while doing the chores.

As I reported in two stories in the New York Times this spring, lunch shaming is the practice of singling out children in the cafeteria over school meal debt by offering them alternate cold meals such as a cheese sandwich, marking them with a wrist band or hand stamp, or, in rare cases, requiring them to do chores in exchange for a meal.

Remind helpers to warn the family before they stop by, drop off their offering or do their chore, and then leave quickly and quietly.

The only way I get any chores done is by involving my daughter in them, and allowing the chores to become part of her «play».

i just get by, but often i do have to fall back on «doing chores» as a kind of positive punishment.

One way to introduce a toddler to household chores without making him resent the necessity of doing them is by integrating these chores into games.

Take this quiz, by Dr. Sam Gosling, author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says about You, to determine your personality when it comes to doing household chores.