Comments on: Teaching Children Responsibility http://stlfamilylife.com/2010/07/teaching-children-responsibility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teaching-children-responsibility Parenting Blog and Resource for St. Louis Parents Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amy Trapp http://stlfamilylife.com/2010/07/teaching-children-responsibility/#comment-148 Amy Trapp Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:54:33 +0000 http://stlfamilylife.com/?p=3119#comment-148 Bonnie - What a great post, thanks! My little guys are still really young (almost 4 and 2-1/2) however, I have found that it's really never too young to have them help out. I just have to remind myself that even though it may take twice as long to complete even a simple task, it's worth it because I'm spending that one-on-one time that you mentioned AND it's serving as a teachable moment. Hopefully the simple tasks today will help them grow up to be responsibly young men! I'm looking forward to your future posts! Bonnie – What a great post, thanks!

My little guys are still really young (almost 4 and 2-1/2) however, I have found that it’s really never too young to have them help out.

I just have to remind myself that even though it may take twice as long to complete even a simple task, it’s worth it because I’m spending that one-on-one time that you mentioned AND it’s serving as a teachable moment.

Hopefully the simple tasks today will help them grow up to be responsibly young men!

I’m looking forward to your future posts!

]]> By: Bonnie Krueger http://stlfamilylife.com/2010/07/teaching-children-responsibility/#comment-147 Bonnie Krueger Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:29:36 +0000 http://stlfamilylife.com/?p=3119#comment-147 My kids just started earning an allowance, which I did not address in the article. The kids earn 1/2 their age in dollars per week. My son, who is ten, earns $5 and my 5 year old gets $2.50 a week now. My daughter LOVES to help fold and put away laundry (towels and smaller pieces of laundry, like her clothing). She also loves to dust, set the table, and collect trash. All of those are definitely manageable for her. Cleaning up her toys and helping me clean the playroom are definitely more of an argument, but I do hold the $$ over her head as bartering tool. My kids just started earning an allowance, which I did not address in the article. The kids earn 1/2 their age in dollars per week. My son, who is ten, earns $5 and my 5 year old gets $2.50 a week now. My daughter LOVES to help fold and put away laundry (towels and smaller pieces of laundry, like her clothing). She also loves to dust, set the table, and collect trash. All of those are definitely manageable for her. Cleaning up her toys and helping me clean the playroom are definitely more of an argument, but I do hold the $$ over her head as bartering tool.

]]> By: Farrell http://stlfamilylife.com/2010/07/teaching-children-responsibility/#comment-146 Farrell Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:23:14 +0000 http://stlfamilylife.com/?p=3119#comment-146 This is great. I too need to do better at this for my almost six-year old. Sometimes she can be super-duper helpful, and other times she simply gets resentful that I have so many chores to do and can't play and even though I tell her they'll get done faster if I have some help, she decides to play on her own or watch TV until I'm through. So I think assigning daily chores is really the only way to go. Do they get an allowance, or is it just part of participating in family life/maintaining the house? Specifically, I'd like to know what chores you've assigned to your five-year old as she is similar in age to mine. This is great. I too need to do better at this for my almost six-year old. Sometimes she can be super-duper helpful, and other times she simply gets resentful that I have so many chores to do and can’t play and even though I tell her they’ll get done faster if I have some help, she decides to play on her own or watch TV until I’m through. So I think assigning daily chores is really the only way to go. Do they get an allowance, or is it just part of participating in family life/maintaining the house? Specifically, I’d like to know what chores you’ve assigned to your five-year old as she is similar in age to mine.

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