Ensuring A Clean Home Through A Chore List

2008-08-11 Word Count: 554 Category: Small Business

Every day is a busy day for and your family. You have to make sure that everything is ready and in order: breakfast for your kids and husband, their clothes must be neatly pressed and cleaned, lunch boxes must be ready and delicious, and make sure that they get ready and safety into school. And if that’s not enough, you also have to think of yourself and get to work as well. That leaves you no available time to tend to household chores, leaving everything cluttered and a mess.

Household chores may probably a big headache for you (and for your family), but do you want to live in a messy house? Ask your family that same question and they would probably make a face just like you. To get to this problem, you will need to have a talk to everyone in the family.

Discuss within the family on how to remedy this kind of problem. Sure, it might be solved by just suggesting that you hire a cleaning company to do the work for all of you; but what if you can’t afford it just yet? What if the budget does not allow you to spend on a cleaning service? Make them understand that house hold chores are every one’s obligation. Nobody is exempted from it. So talk it out and ask your family on which task that each has to fulfill. If there are no volunteers, then break down each of their task in advance. This is to allow your kids to learn about time management and being responsible at the same time.

Next thing is to set house cleaning chore list. This may be the easier part since you just have to divide each task among your family. But keep in mind that some chores can be done weekly; some monthly and other tasks can be done quarterly.

When you divide each chore to your family, look into their capabilities and their weaknesses. Study their medical history; if one of your kids is sensitive to dust or your other kid is anemic and cannot do heavy tasks. These are the factors that you have to consider. Do not give them chores that they can handle.

For smaller children, they can start helping by doing the simplest chore: keeping their toys away, segregate their used clothes to the specific bins, and other chores that you think they can handle. For grown up kids, you can give them tasks such as clearing out the garbage, washing the dishes, and cleaning their own bedroom. If they are so used to you cleaning for them, then it’s time to change that habit. Make them learn about cleaning, starting from their bedrooms.

For manly work, let your husband, and occasionally, your male children to do it. They can wash cars, mow the lawn, do shoveling, and do carpentry or mechanical work when the need arises.

Keep track of the chores through a monthly list. This way, you’ll be aware which side of your house is cleaned or not. It would also help your family if some can do rotational chores to learn each of the tasks. It may not look fun doing chores, but the end-result is certainly rewarding.

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