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9780312299934

401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home Household tested and proven effective! Techniques, tips, tricks, and strategies on how to get your kids to share the housework...and in the process become self-reliant, responsible adults

by McCullough, Bonnie Runyan; Monson, Susan Walker
  • ISBN13:

    9780312299934

  • ISBN10:

    0312299931

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9781466871717

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-12-31
  • Publisher: Griffin

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Summary

401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at Home is an essential book for busy parents who would like to get their kids to share the housework and who would like a systematic program to ensure that their kids know all the basic living skills by the time they leave home at age eighteen. Among the topics it covers are:-How (and when) to assign and teach specific jobs-How to give positive feedback, incentives, rewards (or punishment)-How to teach your child to organize his or her bedroom-How to teach time and money and basic household skills; handing personal hygiene and clothing needs, cooking, nutrition, and shopping skills; exploring and planning a career-Plus over 400 specific incentive/reward ideas (like charging a nickel for every sock Mom has to pick up)-It works!Whether your kids are toddlers or teenagers, you'll find immediately help and direction in Bonnie and Sue's enthusiastic, supportive advice.

Author Biography

Bonnie McCullough is a professional home-manager, lecturer, mother of five, and author of Bonnie's Household Organizer and Bonnie's Household Budget Book.

Sue Monson, mother of four, is a professional teacher with an M.A. in educational psychology. They both live in Lakewood, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Setting the Goals
1(19)
Knowing the Learning Seasons
20(9)
Getting the Family Together
29(15)
Assigning the Job with Charts
44(25)
Teaching Them How to Work
69(22)
Giving Positive Feedback
91(12)
Offering Incentives and Rewards
103(18)
Providing Logical Consequences
121(15)
Organizing the Bedroom
136(16)
Managing Money
152(17)
Evaluating
169(18)
401 Ways to GetYour Child to Work at Home
187(35)
Appendix A: Helping the Child Get Organized for School 222(5)
Appendix B: Helping the Child Begin Cooking 227(5)
Appendix C: Helping the Child Know the Neighborhood and City 232(4)
Appendix D: Helping the Child Explore and Plan a Career 236(5)
Index 241(4)
Order Form 245

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