Some parents are okay with their children not doing household chores. However, allowing kids not to do their chores is a missed opportunity for developing their skills and character.
Parents.com shared some practical tips to encourage children to do their chores. Making kids do household chores can help them develop their abilities, sense of responsibility and self-confidence.
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1. Make It More Fun & Enjoyable
One of the best tips to encourage children to do their chores is by bringing some fun into their tasks. You can try to dance while making dinner, have a singing contest while cleaning a room or play fictional characters and incorporate adventure stories while doing the laundry. Use your creativity and imagination to make household chores for kids more fun and enjoyable.
2. Challenge Your Kids
Don't try to make things too easy for your kids if you do not want them to get bored. Giving more difficult household chores for kids can make things more challenging and exciting them. You can try challenging your kids by asking them to prepare new recipes for dinner or clean their sibling's room instead of their own.
3. Show Importance Of Chores
"When kids are allowed to participate in something that is larger than their own selves, a sense of life purpose grows," Parents.com explains. Knowing the importance or purpose of a task can motivate people into action.
4. Avoid Micromanagement
One of the most effective tips to encourage children to do their chores is to give them some space and independence while doing their tasks. Kids who are micromanaged while doing household chores might come to resent and dread these tasks. "Part of the job of the parent is not to do everything for the child, but to help him do things more and more independently," clinical psychologist and author Marc Nemiroff told WebMD.
