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-> School age children
BeershevaBubby
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Fri, Feb 03 2012, 2:56 am
I think if you treat them as active participants, rather than 'captive labor', it might help.
Your issues are not unique. I think ALL of us have gone through this at some point or other and some of us still are.
One of the things I found help was calling family meetings and discussing things. Instead of laying down the law, give them options. Everyone has responsibilities but if you let them choose, it may go easier.
Make a list of chores. The older one gets to pick ONE thing first because he's the oldest and that's his privilege. Then the younger gets to pick the next TWO, so it evens out, by having the older one pick his second chore second. Don't overload them. I think assigning them each three things is a good start.
Another thing I found helped was not giving my older girls chores that would put them in the same room at the same time, or first have one clean her side of the room and then the other would clean her side of the room once the first was done. Having them together just made everything worse.
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