Sentences with phrase «kid more chores»

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They handle more of the regular chores, bill payments, grocery shopping, and caring for the kids.

«Your little kid gets sick in the middle of the night; you do more chores in ten minutes than you did in four years of college.»

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.

Are you wanting to implement more chores into your kids» time at home?

Sometimes I feel like getting kids to help with the housework may seem more like a chore than the actual cleaning task does.

But in the end, I can glean that: (1) more TLT readers pack lunch in the a.m. vs. the p.m.; (2) your kids definitely prefer variety over the same lunch every day; (3) readers are almost evenly divided on whether they enjoy packing lunch or find it a chore; and (4) none of our kids have access to a microwave at lunch.

Doing chores together accomplishes two goals: It helps you finish in less time — which leaves more time for having fun — and it teaches your kids skills they'll need as adults.

More than 70 percent of parents will give out money in exchange for chores, but should kids really be paid to contribute to household upkeep?

In our book, Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More By Doing Less, my co-author Christine and I go into detail about chores for both younger and older kids — why they're so important (and why it's never too late to begin), which jobs to delegate, and how to get started.

Should kids receive money in exchange for doing their chores, and more unanswered questions about creating an allowance system that works for the whole family.

Kids are more likely to view homework as less of a chore if you help them adopt a more playful attitude toward their work.

A child's life is mired in change — whether it's a new daycare, school or babysitter, a friend moving a way, new responsibilities in home chores or a situation more or less delicate than these, kids of all ages face change on a daily basis.

Kids who develop self - discipline with work are more motivated to do their chores and complete their school work.

A few chores is all younger kids need, more when they're older.

We all know that parents have a lot of responsibilities such as work, chores and much more but it is also their responsibility to take care of their kids while still young.

We asked five bloggers how their kids handle chores in their family and what tasks are age - appropriate... more

If you can make chores more fun for your kids, everyone will have a lighter load to do.

Household chores for kid are considered to be more important in your child's success than any other factor, including IQ.

Learning to get my kids more involved in the kitchen this past year has truly helped my sanity and taken some chores off my everyday To - Do list.

Our «mom and pop» school probably shops more aggressively than individual Edison schools for cleaning contracts, and we probably require less cleaning since part of our school day involves kids» doing chores like emptying the trash.

Not only is the sports sedan great for people with kids who just can't bring themselves to travel around in a minivan, but it handles well, gets great gas mileage, and makes driving less of a chore and more of an adventure.

Termed «Read And Play,» the feature has been designed to make e-book reading on the Color more of a fun experience than a chore for kids.

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For most kids, jumping into piles of leaves is usually more fun than raking them up, but that doesn't mean you should sidestep this as a chore option.

We kids had to do a few chores before playing more with our toys, and there was always a PetKid who needed fresh water, a walk, and feed.

The Montessori chart of age - appropriate chores shows that kids are capable of doing far more than we often think.

Could listening to Beyoncé make food taste better, streaming Slipknot make you more frisky, or slapping on Paul McCartney's greatest hits make your kids do chores?

(At least, a happily ever after that includes some arguing about household chores and — if you end up having kids — more sleep deprivation than you can possibly imagine in addition to all the fun stuff.)

A successful marriage is about more than raising kids, paying bills, and getting chores done.

Under such circumstances, the kid is subject to expectations and chores more strictly in one house than the other.

When your kids get old enough, though, they can start earning an allowance for chores or small jobs, like cleaning around the house, babysitting, mowing lawns and more.

I never wanted my kids to have more memories of «cleaning days» and «chores» than of regular family fun and I really liked teaching them about the rewards of hard work and daily discipline.

Among Prooday's suggestions are sitting down to family dinners (guilty of not doing that enough), playing a board game every night (much as I moan about that, I might have to knuckle down and — if not every night — do it a couple of times a week... it's actually quite fun), and get the kids doing more chores.